Books Quotes by Markus Zusak

“A NICE THOUGHT One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.”

— Markus Zusak

“How many books had she touched? How many had she felt?”

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Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.

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As always, one of her books was next to her.

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You can't eat books, sweetheart.

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I just want to write someone’s favorite book

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One was a book thief. The other stole the sky.

— Markus Zusak

The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.

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I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

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You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.

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The first book I remember loving was 'Grug and the Big Red Apple.' The first film I saw in the cinema was…

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The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.

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“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.”

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“it didn’t really matter what that book was about. It was what it meant that was more important.”

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“She was still clutching the book. She was holding desperately on to the words who had saved her life.”

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I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always…

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I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages…

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As a fan of both media, I never had any qualms about an adaptation. I've always been able to separate books I've…

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“Liesel and Papa made their way through the book, this man was traveling to Amsterdam on business and the snow was shivering…

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To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, "Your next book…

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In the case of 'The Book Thief,' my research was hearing the stories of my parents when I was a child. But…

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I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and…

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“In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it…

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“I saw him hip-deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a…

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I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for…

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“She remained on the steps, waiting for Papa, watching the stray ash and the corpse of collected books. Everything was sad. Orange…

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I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing--that…

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“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words.…

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“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate…

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Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now…

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I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things…

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“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do…

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“He lay with yellow hair and closed eyes, and the book thief ran toward him and fell down. She dropped the black…

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“Yes, I have seen a great many things in this world. I attend the greatest disasters and work for the greatest villains.…

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“Steadily, the room shrank, till the book thief could touch the shelves within a few small steps. She ran the back of…

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“Those images were the world, and it stewed in her as she sat with the lovely books and their manicured titles. It…

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For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw…

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“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things…

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“She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she threw…

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Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

— Markus Zusak