Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be. I was standing there, waiting… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
We're silent now, both waiting, till I remind myself that I'm the older one and should therefore initiate conversation. But I don't.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
A happening was looming. It was out there somewhere beyond the regular enclosed life that I had been living. It was out… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sparks flow through to… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“For a good ten minutes or so we stand there with the flashlight burning the grave with light. The whole time, I'm… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I suppose he'll die soon. I'm expecting it, like you do for a dog that's seventeen. There's no way to know how… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
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.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“«¿Por qué no puede oírlo el resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest? — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
