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Words Quotes by Markus Zusak

29 Words quotes by Markus Zusak

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When you think about language, Zusak’s observations often feel like a quiet nudge, reminding us how a single term can shift a story’s whole mood. This set gathers his most resonant reflections, giving a glimpse into how he treats words as both tools and characters.

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“Words are life”

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She kept watching the words.

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“What good are the words?”

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“Words are so heavy.”

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“Words are life, Liesel.”

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“Two Giant Words: I'm Sorry”

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My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy.

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“I didn’t know words could be so heavy.”

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THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.

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I love and hate this place because it is full of words.

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The injury of words. Yes, the brutality of words.

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“I have hated the words andI have loved them,and I hope I have made them right.”

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“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”

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I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

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“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without words, the Fuhrer was nothing.”

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“She was a girl. In Nazi Germany. How fitting that she was discovering the power of words”

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“I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. - Liesel Meminger”

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The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.

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“Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the…

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“For a moment, I debated whether I should tell someone about the words I'd started writing down, but I couldn't. In a…

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“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. Without words, the Führer was nothing.…

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I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most…

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“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate…

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“They're brainless girls, otherwise they wouldn't be seen dead here. They're pretty, with ugly, appealing smiles and conversations we can't hear. They…

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“Our own place is mall perhaps, but when your old man is eaten by his own shadow, you realise that maybe in…

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“It feels like spoken words, this bridge. I want it but fear it. God, I want so desperately to reach the other…

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“And when we finally stood up and turned to face the world, I could feel something climbing through me. I could feel…

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“Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, an in there, down there,…

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She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon, there was nothing but scraps of…

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Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.

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I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is…

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“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.”

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“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do”

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You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched…

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Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?

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In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much…

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“«¿Por qué no puede oírlo el resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me…

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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

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I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get…

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One wild card was yet to be played.

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“Može li netko ukrasti sreću? Ili je i to još jedan unutarnji, paklenski ljudski trik?”

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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…

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