All Markus Zusak Quotes
- Son, you can't go around painting yourself black, you hear?" "Why not, Papa?" "Because they'll take you away." "Why?" "Because you shouldn't want to be… Anyone
- ...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death. Death
- Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are. Beautiful
- Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. Beyond
- Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. Apparent
- The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. Bitter Love
- ...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing. Happiness
- It kills me sometimes, how people die. Death
- The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there… Achievable
- in the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. Afternoon
- I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes. “You’re right, Angelina… Angelina
- I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life. Funeral
- Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it… Alright
- I am haunted by humans. Funny
- Her teeth were like a soccer crowd, crammed in. Crammed
- I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't… Already Know
- Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die. Die
- Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in… All
- A halo surrounded the grim reaper nun, Sister Maria. (By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It… Amuses
- The day was gray, the color of Europe. Color
- Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy, slippery and gray… Cold
- I only know that all of those people would have sensed me that night, excluding the youngest of the children. I was the suggestion. I… Advice
- It was Russia, January 5, 1943, and just another icy day. Out among the city and snow, there were dead Russians and Germans everywhere. Those… Among
- She gave 'The Dream Carrier' to Max as if words alone could nourish him. Alone
- He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though,… Arrived