And I can promise you something, because it was a thing I saw many years later - a vision in the book thief herself - that as she knelt next to Hans Hubermann, she watched him stand and play the accordion. He stood and strapped it on in the alps of broken houses and played the accordion with kindness silver eyes and even a cigarette slouched on his lips. The bellows breathed and the tall man played for Liesel Meminger one last time as the sky was slowly taken away from her. Markus Zusak
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This quote is from the book, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. The author explains that when Liesel and her father were hiding out in an apartment complex in the middle of World War II, she and her father saw a man play the accordion. From this, she can see how Liesel and her father will both grow up and reach their full potential.

Source: The Book Thief

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