Markus Zusak: Trending quotes (page 2)

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

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

“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.”

“Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.”

“So much good, so much evil. Just add water.”

“It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.”

“I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.”

“Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this.”

“I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.”

“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 your hands.”

“It’s a small story really, about, among other things:

* A girl
* Some words
* An accordionist
* Some fanatical Germans
* A Jewish fist fighter
* And quite a lot of thievery”

“You can't eat books, sweetheart.”

“It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.”

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

“She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.”

“I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it.”

“You can kill a man with those words.
No gun.
No bullets.
Just words and a girl.”

“I'm not the messenger at all.
I'm the message.”

“As always, one of her books was next to her.”