--- title: "7 Fingers Quotes By Markus Zusak" description: "7 Fingers quotes by Markus Zusak. Plus more from Markus Zusak and more Fingers 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 leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/she-leaned-down-and-looked-at-his-lifeless-face-and-leisel-kissed-her/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/markus-zusak-165_able_she-leaned-down-and-looked-at-his-lifele_870233.png) > [Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/smile-with-instinct-then-lick-your-wounds-in-the-darkest-of-dark/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/markus-zusak-165_dark_smile-with-instinct-then-lick-your-wound_1295649.png) > [Five hundred souls. I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/five-hundred-souls-i-carried-them-in-my-fingers-like-suitcases-or-i-d/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/markus-zusak-165_arms_five-hundred-souls-i-carried-them-in-my_1763930.png) > [As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sparks flow through to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/as-we-walk-back-it-feels-like-the-city-is-engulfing-us-adrenalin/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/markus-zusak-165_born_as-we-walk-back-it-feels-like-the-city-i_2578072.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) > [What would you do if you were me? Tell me. Please tell me! But you're far from this. Your fingers turn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-me-tell-me-please-tell-me-but-you-re/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/markus-zusak-165_considering_what-would-you-do-if-you-were-me-tell-me_2898984.jpg) ## Other authors on Fingers ## 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/fingers/markus-zusak/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fingers Quotes By Markus Zusak", "numberOfItems": 7, "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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