People have defining moments, i suppose, especially when they're children. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The human child – so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The question is, what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
It's a lot easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She remembered her books in the moments of worst sorrow, especially the ones that were made for her and the one that… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The question is, what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying? — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think I'm always somehow interested in characters who want to make one perfect thing, to transcend humanness, even if only for… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Lua and Marie are holding hands. They look like they’re so happy, just inside this moment, watching the kids and the lights… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“moments, Liesel stood. The corridor was huge. She examined the soldier in her palm. Instinct told her to run home immediately, but… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“We smell the impact of traffic and humans. Humans and traffic. Back and forth. We taste our moment, swallowing it, knowing it.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The minutes were cruel. Hours were punishing. Standing above him at all moments of awakeness was the hand of time, and it… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I took them all away, and if ever there was a time I needed distraction, this was it. In complete desolation, I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I want to take that… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it. Usually, we walk around constantly believing ourselves.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Death about Heil Hitlering p. 117-118. You know, it actually makes me wonder if anyone ever lost an eye or injured a… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Once in while a man or a woman--no, they were not men and women; they were Jews--would find Liesel's face among the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I've wandered through the real world, and written myself through the darkness of the streets inside me. I see people walking through… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“At this point, I couldn't help it. I walked around to see her better, and from the moment I witnessed her face… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The Standover Man. all my life, I've been scared of men standing over me. I suppose my first standover man was my… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or to forget? Do we spend most of our time running towards… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“It's much easier . . . to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. — 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
