Markus Zusak: Trending quotes (page 4)

“No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.”

“That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.”

“All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.”

“for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.”

“When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)”

“What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel
So am I.'- Rudy”

“He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.”

“There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty.”

“Of course you're real-like any thought or any story. It's real when you're in it.”

“They were French, they were Jews, and they were you.”

“There was also a rumor that later in the day, she walked fully clothed into the Amper River and said something very strange.
Something about a kiss.
Something about a Saumensch.
How many times did she have to say goodbye?”

“She was a girl with a mountain to climb.”

“It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.”

“She kept watching the words.”

“The song was born on her breathe and died at her lips.”

“One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.”

“The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.”

“A REASSURING ANNOUNCEMENT Please, be calm, despite that previous threat. I am all bluster - I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.”

“My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.”