Markus Zusak Quote

Please believe me when I tell you that I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born. I even kissed a few weary, poisoned cheeks. I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear.

The Book Thief (ed. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307433848