Markus Zusak quotes

„The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.“

—  Markus Zusak

Variant: Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.
Source: I Am the Messenger

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

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„It kills me sometimes, how people die.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„I am haunted by humans.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„Even death has a heart.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.“

—  Markus Zusak

Source: I Am the Messenger

„A DEFINITION NOT FOUND
IN THE DICTIONARY
Not leaving: an act of trust and love,
often deciphered by children“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Variant: Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children.
Source: The Book Thief

„A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.“

—  Markus Zusak

„A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Variant: I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same can be both.
Source: The Book Thief

„My heart is so tired“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„She was saying goodbye and she didn't even know it.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

„A small fact:
You are going to die…. does this worry you?“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Variant: ***HERE IS A SMALL FACT***
You are going to die.
Source: The Book Thief

„Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.“

—  Markus Zusak, book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief