Rosa quotes from The Book Thief (2013)

Rosa

Can we trust her?

She's our daughter.

Rosa

She's a child—

Rosa, we have no choice.

Rosa

He looks like death.

He's probably forgotten what food tastes like.

Rosa

And what are we going to feed him on? We barely have enough to feed ourselves.

We will make do.

Rosa

Oh, "we will make do."

We have always known that, one day, this may happen. Hmm?

Rosa

We could turn him in tomorrow. The authorities would understand— We could say it was late at night—

Rosa.

Rosa

I know.

He came to us. I owe his family everything.

Rosa

I know.

Liesel

They're coming.

Rosa

Who?

Liesel

They're checking basements.

Liesel

There once was a ghost of a boy who liked to live in the shadows so he wouldn't frighten people. His job was to wait for his sister, who was still alive. She wasn't afraid of the dark because she knew, that's where her brother was.

Rosa

Go on.

Liesel

At night, when darkness came to her room, she would tell her brother about the day. She would remind him how the sun felt on his skin, and what the air felt like to breathe, or how snow felt on his tongue. And that reminded her that she was still alive.

Rosa

Hans, where did you put the flag? If we don't find it, it's going to look like we're saying something.