All Markus Zusak Quotes
- Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind. Find
- There were stars. They burned my eyes. Burned
- He watched them grow, until eventually, great forests of words had risen throughout Germany.... It was a nation of farmed thoughts. Eventually
- It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you know they don't… Acting
- My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought. Awake
- 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. Stars… Black
- I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be. I was standing there, waiting for someone to… Decide
- I stood there and stared, into the sky and at the city around me. I stood, hands at my side, and I saw what had… Believed
- My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. Arms stretched out next to me, I howled, and… All
- At first, all is black and white. Black on white. That's where I'm walking, through pages. These pages. Sometimes it gets so that I have… All
- The pages and the words are my world, spread out before your eyes and for your hand to touch. Vaguely, I can see you face… Down
- And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touch, or at lips that don't smile at me. Or hips that… Beat
- She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness. Angel
- As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sparks flow through to our fingers. We've… Adrenalin
- I say, 'Don't lose your heart, Rube.' And very clearly, without moving, my brother answers me. He says, 'I'm not tryin' to lose it, Cam.… Answers
- A fighter can be a winner, but that doesn't make a winner a fighter. Fighter
- I'm gonna hunt my life down and grab it. Down
- I wanted to drown inside a woman in the feeling and drooling of the love I could give her. I wanted her pulse to crush… Crush
- Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to… Down
- Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about. Cloud
- I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you. All
- You ever hear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud it's almost unbearable?' He nodded. 'I reckon they howl like that because they're… Almost Unbearable
- I guess when someone tells you something they they usually guard, you feel privileged, not because you know something no-one else knows, but because you… Best
- Make sure you live,' she said. 'As decent as you can. I know you'll make mistakes, but sometimes you're meant to, okay? Decent
- If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me. Land