It's the sound of my breathing that gets me, pouring down…

Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.

— Markus Zusak

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

“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.”

— Markus Zusak

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

“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do”

— Markus Zusak

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

“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

Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?

— Markus Zusak

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

“«¿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

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

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

One wild card was yet to be played.

— Markus Zusak

“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, paklenski ljudski trik?”

— Markus Zusak

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