--- title: "4 Gentleness Quotes By Markus Zusak" description: "4 Gentleness quotes by Markus Zusak. Plus more from Markus Zusak and more Gentleness sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/markus-zusak-165_gentleness_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_340934.png" --- > [“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primarily-to-the-brute-strength-of/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/markus-zusak-165_gentleness_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_340934.png) > [Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primarily-to-the-brute-strength-of-2/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/markus-zusak-165_brutes_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_558637.png) > [Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/possibly-the-only-good-to-come-out-of-these-nightmares-was-that-it/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/markus-zusak-165_brutes_possibly-the-only-good-to-come-out-of-th_1371901.png) > [The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/the-first-couple-of-times-he-simply-stayed-a-stranger-to-kill-the/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/markus-zusak-165_alright_the-first-couple-of-times-he-simply-stay_1790282.png) ## Other authors on Gentleness - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentleness/pema-ch-dr-n/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentleness/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-bryant-mcgill-108.jpg) Bryant McGill 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentleness/bryant-mcgill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-saint-francis-de-sales-82313.jpg) Saint Francis de Sales 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gentleness/saint-francis-de-sales/) ## 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/gentleness/markus-zusak/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gentleness Quotes By Markus Zusak", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Markus Zusak" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primarily-to-the-brute-strength-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/markus-zusak-165_gentleness_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_340934.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/markus-zusak-165_gentleness_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_340934.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/markus-zusak-165_gentleness_trust-was-accumulated-quickly-due-primar_340934.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.” — Markus Zusak", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. 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