I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I have hated the words andI have loved them,and I hope I have made them right.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. - Liesel Meminger” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“She was a girl. In Nazi Germany. How fitting that she was discovering the power of words” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. Without words, the Führer was nothing.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“For a moment, I debated whether I should tell someone about the words I'd started writing down, but I couldn't. In a… — 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
“They're brainless girls, otherwise they wouldn't be seen dead here. They're pretty, with ugly, appealing smiles and conversations we can't hear. They… — 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
“Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, an in there, down there,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Our own place is mall perhaps, but when your old man is eaten by his own shadow, you realise that maybe in… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“It feels like spoken words, this bridge. I want it but fear it. God, I want so desperately to reach the other… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“And when we finally stood up and turned to face the world, I could feel something climbing through me. I could feel… — 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
