Markus Zusak Quotes - Page 7

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• On many counts, taking a boy like Rudy Steiner was robbery--so much life, so much to live for--yet somehow, I'm certain he would have loved to see the frightening rubble and the swelling of the sky on the night he passed away. He'd have cried and turned and smiled if only he could have seen the book thief on her hands and knees, next to his decimated body. He'd have been glad to witness her kissing his dusty, bomb-hit lips. Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it all right. You see? Even death has a heart.

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  Book, Heart, Dark

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• The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

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  Book, Important, Matter

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• When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for a kiss. Nothing like that. You can love Rudy for that, if you like.

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  Kissing, Style, Arms

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• When I recollect her, I see a long list of colors, but it's the three in which I saw her in the flesh that resonate the most. Sometimes I manage to float far above those three moments. I hang suspended, until a septic truth bleeds toward clarity. That's when I see them formulate: THE COLORS RED: [rectangle] WHITE: [circle] BLACK: [swastika] They fall on top of each other. The scribbled signature black, onto the blinding global white, onto the thick soupy red.

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  Fall, Color, Circles

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• I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.

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  Race, Underestimate, Humans

  Markus Zusak (2008). “The Book Thief”, p.554, Random House

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• When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me. It sounds almost villainous. But I knew that was what I wanted.

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  Teenager, Sound, Wanted

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The question is what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?

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  Color, Sky, Moments

  "The Book Thief". Book by Markus Zusak, www.npr.org. 2005.

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• The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.

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  True Power, Power Of Words, Shakers

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• You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind.

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  Mind, Stories, Pages

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• Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.

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  Wonder, Life Is, Convinced

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.304, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid any awkward moment when the realness of reality sticks its fork into our flesh, leaving us standing there, together. I want to stay here, in this moment, and never go to other places, where we don't know what to say or what to do.

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  Running, Reality, Laughing

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.155, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Winning wasn't natural for me. It had to be fought for, in the echoes and trodden footprints of my mind.

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  Winning, Echoes, Mind

  Markus Zusak (2013). “Getting The Girl”, p.6, Scholastic Inc.

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• What would you do if you were me? Tell me. Please tell me! But you're far from this. Your fingers turn the strangeness of these pages that somehow connect my life to yours. Your eyes are safe. The story is just another few hundred pages of your mind. For me, it's here. It's now. I have to go through with this, considering the cost at every turn. Nothing will be the same.

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  Eye, Mind, Cost

  "The Messenger". Book by Markus Zusak, January 10, 2002.

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• Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and trip. Some make their way around. Some remain in their seats, waiting for their opportunity.

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  Soccer, Opportunity, People

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• I'm just another stupid human.

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  Stupid, Humans

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.74, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.

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  Enemy, Inches

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• If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

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  Thinking, Silence, Despair

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.21, RH Childrens Books

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• Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.

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  Water, Forget, Handful

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.311, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There were not many people who could say that their education had been paid for with cigarettes.

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  People, Cigarette, Paid

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.94, RH Childrens Books

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• Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so lovelily you were tempted to stretch out your tongue to catch them, taste them. Only, they would have scorched your lips. They would have cooked your mouth.

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  Home, Sky, Ashes

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.13, RH Childrens Books

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• Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)

  Markus Zusak

  Men, Brutes, Dues

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• It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this.

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  Tired, Heart, Years

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• Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. "Is there someone here by the name of Leisel Meminger?" "Yes, she's in the back," said Alex. He was hopeful, but he wanted to be sure. "May I ask who is calling on her?" Leisel came out. They hugged and cried and fell to the floor.

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  Eye, Men, Hair

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• … it was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger. The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn’t quite managed.

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  Children, Rain, Sky

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.497, RH Childrens Books

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• See, Cameron. The only things I care about in this life are me, you, Mum, Dad, Steve and Sarah. And maybe Miffy. The rest of the world means nothing to me. The rest of the world can rot.' Am I like that too?' You? No way.' There's a slight gap in his words. 'And that's your problem. You care about everything.' He's right. I do.

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  Dad, Mean, World

  Markus Zusak (2011). “Underdogs”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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