The Book Thief (2013)
Ben Schnetzer: Max Vandenburg
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Quotes
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[from trailer]
Max Vandenburg : If your eyes could speak, what would they say?
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Max Vandenburg : So... How is Rudy?
Liesel Meminger : I don't know. Rudy is a pain in the neck.
Max Vandenburg : The only thing worse than a boy you hate, is a boy you like, right?
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[from trailer]
Max Vandenburg : Words are life, Liesel. All those pages, they're for you to fill.
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Liesel Meminger : Do you think my mother really loved me?
Max Vandenburg : Of course. Every mother loves her child. Even Hitler's.
Liesel Meminger : Do you think she writes to him?
Max Vandenburg : "Dear Führer, just wait until your father gets home! Love, Mama."
Liesel Meminger : "Dear Führer, clean up your mess."
Max Vandenburg : "Dear Führer, who cut your hair?"
Liesel Meminger : "You're not going out in that, are you?"
Max Vandenburg : "What's that growing on your lip?"
Liesel Meminger : "Don't raise your voice at me!"
Max Vandenburg : "Stop spitting when you yell."
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[from trailer]
Liesel Meminger : I can't lose someone else!
Max Vandenburg : You've kept me alive, don't ever forget that.
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Liesel Meminger : Did he take away your mother?
Max Vandenburg : Probably.
Liesel Meminger : Don't worry... I cried a lot when I first came too.
[pause]
Liesel Meminger : The soup is terrible, isn't it?
Max Vandenburg : You may find this hard to believe, but it's the best thing Ive ever thrown up.
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Max Vandenburg : Where's my weather report?
Max Vandenburg : [Liesel shows a snow ball] You're full of wonders.
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Max Vandenburg : [presenting Liesel with a blank book of pages] Write. In my religion we're taught that every living thing, every leaf, every bird, is only alive because it contains the secret word for life. That's the only difference between us and a lump of clay. A word. Words are life, Liesel.
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Max Vandenburg : Tell me, where do you get these words?
Liesel Meminger : It's a secret.
Max Vandenburg : Who would I tell?
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Max Vandenburg : I'm not lost to you, Liesel. You'll always be able to find me in your words. That's where I'll live on.
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Max Vandenburg : Memory is the scribe of the soul.
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Liesel Meminger : Are you hiding from Hitler?
Max Vandenburg : Yeah, I'm a Jew.
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Liesel Meminger : [about Jewish neighbor] I don't understand. What did he do so wrong?
Max Vandenburg : He reminded people of their humanity.
Liesel Meminger : Can't he apologize?
Max Vandenburg : To who? Hitler?
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Max Vandenburg : "Don't ever apologize to me. It should be me who apologizes to you."
