--- title: "4 Teenager Quotes By Markus Zusak" description: "4 Teenager quotes by Markus Zusak. Plus more from Markus Zusak and more Teenager sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/markus-zusak-165_adults_we-underestimate-teenagers-at-our-peril_1333514.png" --- > [We underestimate teenagers at our peril. Even the dismissive thing out on the street--look at what they're wearing. Then we'll hear stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/we-underestimate-teenagers-at-our-peril-even-the-dismissive-thing-out/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/markus-zusak-165_adults_we-underestimate-teenagers-at-our-peril_1333514.png) > [“The last thing I wanted was to look down at the stranded face of my teenager. A pretty girl. Her whole death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/the-last-thing-i-wanted-was-to-look-down-at-the-stranded-face-of-my/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/markus-zusak-165_death_the-last-thing-i-wanted-was-to-look-down_1900832.png) > [I think to be a writer, you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/i-think-to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-enjoy-being-alone-i-was-a-loner-as/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/689/markus-zusak-165_alone_i-think-to-be-a-writer-you-have-to-enjoy_1959397.png) > [When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-decided-i-was-going-to-be-a-writer-and-that/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/markus-zusak-165_decided_when-i-was-a-teenager-i-decided-i-was-go_2809660.png) ## Other authors on Teenager - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/homer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-fran-lebowitz-35316.jpg) Fran Lebowitz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/fran-lebowitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tana-french-88830.jpg) Tana French 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/tana-french/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mia-wasikowska-66857.jpg) Mia Wasikowska 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/mia-wasikowska/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederic-william-farrar-36152.jpg) Laurence Steinberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/laurence-steinberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cheng-yi-22986.jpg) Haim Ginott 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/haim-ginott/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-diablo-cody-29172.jpg) Diablo Cody 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/teenager/diablo-cody/) ## 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/teenager/markus-zusak/#itemlist", "name": "4 Teenager Quotes By Markus Zusak", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We underestimate teenagers at our peril. Even the dismissive thing out on the street--look at what they're wearing. 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