We used to languish when we walked, or sidle down the street like dogs that have just done something wrong. Now Rube walks upright, because he's on the attack. - Markus Zusak
She couldn't tell exactly where the words came from. What mattered was that they reached her. They arrived and kneeled next to her bed. - Markus Zusak
In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it, all right. - Markus Zusak
Perhaps it was Rudy who kept her sane, with the stupidity of his talk, his lemon-soaked hair, and his cockiness. He seemed to resonate with a kind of confidence that life was still nothing but a joke - an endless succession of soccer goals, trickery, and a constant repertoire of meaningless chatter. - Markus Zusak
Tears were frozen to the book theif's face. - Markus Zusak
You’ll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That’s when you know you’re a writer – when you take the failures and appear at the desk again, over and over again. - Markus Zusak
I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. - Markus Zusak
People observe the colors of a day at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quiet clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. - Markus Zusak
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
I don't want to stand in naked silence, pathetically unaware of how to be. - Markus Zusak
If your eyes could speak, what would they say? - Markus Zusak
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain. - Markus Zusak
Sometimes people are beautifulNot in looksNot in what they sayJust in what they are - Markus Zusak
How could she ever know that someone would pick her story up and carry it with him everywhere? - Markus Zusak
I love and hate this place because it is full of words. - Markus Zusak
If you're optimistic, think of it as bronze. - Markus Zusak
...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing. - Markus Zusak