[from trailer] Rudy Steiner: You're hiding someone, aren't you?
Rudy Steiner: What's an accountant? Hans Hubermann: Something we will never need.
Liesel Meminger: I'm not stealing, I'm borrowing.
Rudy Steiner: What do you think? Liesel Meminger: The shoes let you down. And your face.
[from trailer] Liesel Meminger: Mama! They're coming! They're checking basements!
Rosa Hubermann: What makes you think that you are good enough for my daughter? Rudy Steiner: I'm almost twelve?
Liesel Meminger: I keep thinking about Max, wondering where he is. Hans Hubermann: Me too. I'm not sure what it all meant. Everything he went through. Everything we did. Liesel Meminger: We were just being people. That's what people do.
Rosa Hubermann: [while feeding Max soup] Well, at least someone appreciates my cooking. [a second later, Max throws up the soup]
Liesel Meminger: Rudy, where are you going to stay? Rudy Steiner: "You"? What about "we"? Liesel Meminger: I didn't think you were this serious. Rudy Steiner: What do you call this? [holds out his small bag] Rudy Steiner: Packed lunch? Liesel Meminge...
Alex Steiner: Rudy! What are you doing? Rudy Steiner: Nothing papa! Alex Steiner: Then get to school!
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?
Narrator: It's probably fair to say that no one was able to serve Der Führer as loyally as me.
Max Vandenburg: "Don't ever apologize to me. It should be me who apologizes to you."