So. The Book Thief. I'm 150 pages in and am having a hard time putting it down. Here are some of my favorite lines so far:
“When she came to write her story, she would wonder exactly when the books and the words started not just to mean something, but everything." p 30
“No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment." p 32
My heart aches when I think about her poor mother, wanting Liesel to know that she was leaving her with a foster family because of love, but yet knowing that her daughter wouldn't yet understand the reasons for abandonment.
"Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out." - On the contradictory politics of Alex Steiner, p 61
I love this line. I imagine that many people in Germany felt this way and joined the Nazi Party to protect their family, not because they held contempt for Jewish people. It's slightly comforting that like Rudy's dad, hatred was not the motive for compliance, rather fear was.
Anyway...enjoying the book, but remembering that I am very uncomfortable with this time in history (and all genocide, of course).Yes, it's everything that genocide entails: death, suffering, hatred, violence...and also the idea that we, as a human race, are capable of such destruction/evil. It's scary.
Okay I am finally reading this I am only on about page 40. But I too have so many lines I have read thus far that I love. I haven't gotten into the current events or politics of the time yet, but I do know that era is always hard for me to read about as well.
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Okay I am finally reading this I am only on about page 40. But I too have so many lines I have read thus far that I love. I haven't gotten into the current events or politics of the time yet, but I do know that era is always hard for me to read about as well.
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