#thebookthief

[sheilakijawaanii]

do you feel better now ?

i do, i had paneer tikka and something sweet so feeling a bit better now but i have a light headache at occipital condyles, there..how are you navika?

[immensetruth]

I just finished reading The Goldfinch and I haven't felt this way after a book since reading The Book Thief I think. I've lived a lifetime and aged a decade along with Theo.

[wildsunflowerchild021]

[tragicinthefall0ut]

I am haunted by humans

[bluenightfyre]

Got some pretty fabric in the post and decided to add a hardback cover to my paperback of #thebookthief by @markuszusak ☺️ just waiting until I can acquire some gold leaf to add the title. Brocade fabric with leather title panels and leather roll up endbands. . . . . . #bookbinding #etsyseller #etsyireland #etsysellersofinstagram #bookbinder #bookstagram #handmade #handmadecrafts #rebind #newcover https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrvF6QLFp7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[shadybookie]

Hans Hubermann was the best fictional father and you can fight me on that.

[daydreamingofbutterflies]

"I am haunted by humans"

The quote from Markus Zusak's, The Book Thief, remains so eerily relevant no matter how much time has passed since the horrors of WW2 or even the publication of the work.

It has been 76 years since the end of WW2 and 16 years since the publication of the Book Thief. But its message remains as relevant as ever, it's story unforgettable.

But even as years will pass and I will surely forget the plot of one of the few books that made me sob, leaving me in shock with an empty feeling in my chest as I finished the last few pages, I know that I will never forget this quote.

As every day when I open social media or look at the news, my hope for the world and for the future decreases a little bit more. Everything that is wrong with our world is because of people. Any problem in our world that you can name as been caused by humans. No matter how many individuals are good, there are just the same amount that are bad. And in that kind of world, it is impossible for the world to truly be good and for me to have faith in the human race. In those moments as I read headlines and hear people's stories, the quote rings through my head and I can't help but identify with it. Everyday, I am haunted by humans.

[a-glorious-gone]

"The mayor's wife was just one of a worldwide brigade. You have seen her before, I'm certain. In your stories, your poems, the screens you like to watch. They're everywhere, so why not here? Why not on a shapely hill in a small German town? It's as good a place to suffer as any.  The point it, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She embraced it.  She could have shot herself, scratched herself or indulged in other forms of self-mutilation, but she chose what she probably felt was the weakest option -to at least endure the discomfort of the weather. For all Liesel knew, she prayed for summer days that were cold and wet. For the most part, she lived in the right place."

Markus Zusak, The Book Thief