Ben Schnetzer credited as playing...
Max Vandenburg
- 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?
- 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."
- [from trailer]
- Liesel Meminger: I can't lose someone else!
- Max Vandenburg: You've kept me alive, don't ever forget that.
- 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.
- Max Vandenburg: Where's my weather report?
- Max Vandenburg: [Liesel shows a snow ball] You're full of wonders.
- 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.
- Max Vandenburg: Tell me, where do you get these words?
- Liesel Meminger: It's a secret.
- Max Vandenburg: Who would I tell?
- 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.
- 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?