...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing. - Markus Zusak
If your eyes could speak, what would they say? - Markus Zusak
Tears were frozen to the book theif's face. - Markus Zusak
Sometimes people are beautifulNot in looksNot in what they sayJust in what they are - 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
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
If you're optimistic, think of it as bronze. - 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
I love and hate this place because it is full of words. - Markus Zusak
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
In the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it, all right. - 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
How could she ever know that someone would pick her story up and carry it with him everywhere? - Markus Zusak
I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. - 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 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