--- title: "6 Accordions Quotes By Markus Zusak" description: "6 Accordions quotes by Markus Zusak. Plus more from Markus Zusak and more Accordions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/markus-zusak-165_accordion_rosa-hubermann-was-sitting-on-the-edge-o_103792.png" --- > [Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/rosa-hubermann-was-sitting-on-the-edge-of-the-bed-with-her-husband-s/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/markus-zusak-165_accordion_rosa-hubermann-was-sitting-on-the-edge-o_103792.png) > [She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/she-didn-t-dare-to-look-up-but-she-could-feel-their-frightened-eyes/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/markus-zusak-165_accordions_she-didn-t-dare-to-look-up-but-she-could_186783.png) > [And I can promise you something, because it was a thing I saw many years later - a vision in the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/and-i-can-promise-you-something-because-it-was-a-thing-i-saw-many/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/markus-zusak-165_accordions_and-i-can-promise-you-something-because_276065.jpg) > [Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/papa-was-a-man-with-silver-eyes-not-dead-ones-papa-was-an-accordion/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/markus-zusak-165_accordions_papa-was-a-man-with-silver-eyes-not-dead_472890.png) > [Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/sometimes-i-think-my-papa-is-an-accordion-when-he-looks-at-me-and/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/markus-zusak-165_accordion_sometimes-i-think-my-papa-is-an-accordio_734491.png) > [Papa sat with me tonight. He brought the accordion down and sat close to where Max used to sit. I often look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/papa-sat-with-me-tonight-he-brought-the-accordion-down-and-sat-close/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/markus-zusak-165_accordions_papa-sat-with-me-tonight-he-brought-the_2782110.jpg) ## More by Markus Zusak > [Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/liesel-observed-the-strangeness-of-her-foster-father-s-eyes-they-were/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-think-that-as-a-writer-your-responsibility-is-to-search-for-and/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/for-two-days-i-went-about-my-business-i-travelled-the-globe-as-always/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/it-is-early-early-morning-it-s-that-time-when-it-s-still-dark-but-you/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-m-twenty-years-old-and-look-at-me-there-isn-t-a-thing-i-want-to-do/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/you-should-give-it-to-max-liesel-see-if-you-can-leave-it-on-the/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/when-a-woman-with-an-iron-fist-tells-you-to-get-out-there-and-clean/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/is-there-cowardice-with-the-acknowledgement-of-fear/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/in-years-to-come-he-would-be-a-giver-of-bread-not-a-stealer-proof/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/por-qu-no-puede-o-rlo-el-resto-del-mundo-me-pregunto-en-pocos/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/could-she-smell-my-breath-could-she-hear-my-cursed-circular-heart/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-see-how-complicated-it-is-to-make-a-film-and-how-many-people-are/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [One wild card was yet to be played.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/one-wild-card-was-yet-to-be-played/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) > [“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, paklenski ljudski trik?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/mo-e-li-netko-ukrasti-sre-u-ili-je-i-to-jo-jedan-unutarnji-paklenski/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-look-at-my-first-books-and-am-glad-they-weren-t-published-you-start/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accordions/markus-zusak/#itemlist", "name": "6 Accordions Quotes By Markus Zusak", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. 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