“Like most misery, it started out with apparent happiness. - The Book Thief” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“He stood a few meters from the step and spoke with great conviction, great joy. "Alles ist Scheisse," he announced. All is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“You might well ask just what the hell he was thinking. The answer is, probably nothing at all.He'd probably say he was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Where Hans Hubermann and Erik Vandenburg were ultimately united by music, Max and Liesel were held together by the quiet gathering of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“There was no more yelling or calling out, but they could not contain the small snatches of laughter. They were only humans,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, pakleni ljudski trik?” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Si domandò quando esattamente i libri e le parole avessero incominciato a significare non solamente qualcosa, ma tutto.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Here is a small fact: You are going to die" "does this scare you? I urge you don't be afraid, I'm nothing… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“His soul sat up. It met me.Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“There were heavy beams - planks of sun - falling randomly, wonderfully, onto the road. Clouds arched their backs to lok behind… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She walked down the basement steps. She saw an imaginary framed photo seep into the wall - a quiet-smiled secret. No more… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“On June 23, 1942, there was a group of French Jews in a German prison, on Polish soil. The first person I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share
It is early, early morning. It's that time when it's still dark but you know the day is coming. Blue is bleeding through black.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“«¿Por qué no puede oírlo el resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest? — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, paklenski ljudski trik?” — Markus Zusak Copy Share
I look at my first books and am glad they weren't published… You start writing by imitating your heroes, then you keep the heart… — Markus Zusak Copy Share
