Books Quotes by Markus Zusak

Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.

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As always, one of her books was next to her.

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You can't eat books, sweetheart.

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“A NICE THOUGHT One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”

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“How many books had she touched? How many had she felt?”

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One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.

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I just want to write someone’s favorite book

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“You hungry?' Rudy asked. Liesel replied, 'Starving.' For a book.”

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“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.”

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“it didn’t really matter what that book was about. It was what it meant that was more important.”

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“She was still clutching the book. She was holding desperately on to the words who had saved her life.”

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Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

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If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.

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I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

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“In the written words of the book thief herself, the journey continued like everything had happened.”

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“A statue of the book thief stood in the courtyard... it's very rare, don't you think, for a statue to appear before…

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“She remembered her books in the moments of worst sorrow, especially the ones that were made for her and the one that…

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“Steiner was scared of the book thief’s kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so…

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When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something,…

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I look at my first books and am glad they weren't published… You start writing by imitating your heroes, then you keep…

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A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand.…

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Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was…

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I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most…

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“She slid a book from the shelf and sat with it on the floor. She tore a page from the book and…

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“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate…

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Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now…

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I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things…

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I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for…

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“She remained on the steps, waiting for Papa, watching the stray ash and the corpse of collected books. Everything was sad. Orange…

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I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that…

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“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words.…

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“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things…

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“She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she threw…

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“Steadily, the room shrank, till the book thief could touch the shelves within a few small steps. She ran the back of…

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“Those images were the world, and it stewed in her as she sat with the lovely books and their manicured titles. It…

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For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw…

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“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do…

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“He lay with yellow hair and closed eyes, and the book thief ran toward him and fell down. She dropped the black…

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“Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains.…

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You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.

— Markus Zusak