--- title: "8 Mama Quotes By Markus Zusak" description: "8 Mama quotes by Markus Zusak. Plus more from Markus Zusak and more Mama sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/markus-zusak-165_criticize_rudy-handed-it-back-speaking-of-which-i_136234.png" --- > [Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially." "Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/rudy-handed-it-back-speaking-of-which-i-think-we-re-both-slightly-in/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/markus-zusak-165_criticize_rudy-handed-it-back-speaking-of-which-i_136234.png) > [“God damn, you were so beautiful, Mama.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/god-damn-you-were-so-beautiful-mama/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/markus-zusak-165_beautiful_god-damn-you-were-so-beautiful-mama-5670_567039.png) > [“cigarette, flipped it on the table, and began on another. “Just like this.” That was when Mama finished her soup with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/cigarette-flipped-it-on-the-table-and-began-on-another-just-like-this/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/markus-zusak-165_mama_cigarette-flipped-it-on-the-table-and-be_1290192.jpg) > [“Mama’s eyes were like pale blue cutouts, pasted to her face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/mama-s-eyes-were-like-pale-blue-cutouts-pasted-to-her-face/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/markus-zusak-165_mama_mama-s-eyes-were-like-pale-blue-cutouts_1574063.png) > [“Earlier, I'd held her papa in one arm and her mama in the other. Each soul was so soft.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/earlier-i-d-held-her-papa-in-one-arm-and-her-mama-in-the-other-each/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/markus-zusak-165_mama_earlier-i-d-held-her-papa-in-one-arm-and_1903480.png) > [“They were eating in the kitchen. Looking at the spoonfuls of pea soup entering Mama’s mouth, she decided to shift her focus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/they-were-eating-in-the-kitchen-looking-at-the-spoonfuls-of-pea-soup/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/markus-zusak-165_mama_they-were-eating-in-the-kitchen-looking_2081874.png) > [“Sometimes she would whisper the word Mama and see her mother’s face a hundred times in a single afternoon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/sometimes-she-would-whisper-the-word-mama-and-see-her-mother-s-face-a/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/markus-zusak-165_mama_sometimes-she-would-whisper-the-word-mam_2850935.png) > [“There was no one to really argue with, but Mama managed it expertly every chance she had. She could argue with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/there-was-no-one-to-really-argue-with-but-mama-managed-it-expertly/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/markus-zusak-165_argue_there-was-no-one-to-really-argue-with-bu_3108319.png) ## Other authors on Mama ## 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/mama/markus-zusak/#itemlist", "name": "8 Mama Quotes By Markus Zusak", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rudy handed it back. \"Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. 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