Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak
Markus Frank Zusak,is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels for young adults which have been international best-sellers. He won the annual Margaret Edwards Award in 2014 for his contribution to young-adult literature published in the US...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 June 1975
CountryAustralia
book sweetheart
You can't eat books, sweetheart.
believe soul vision
Please believe me when I tell you that I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born. I even kissed a few weary, poisoned cheeks. I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear.
easier take-time stills
It's a lot easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.
clouds water shadow
Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.
way persons i-can
I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.
kissing kiss-me want
What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel So am I.'- Rudy
dog hurt thinking
You ever hear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud it's almost unbearable?' He nodded. 'I reckon they howl like that because they're so hungry it hurts, and that's what I feel in me every day of my life. I'm so hungry to be somethin' - to be somebody. You hear me?' He did. 'I'm not lyin' down ever. Not for you. Not for anyone.' I ended it. 'I'm hungry, Steve.' Sometimes I think they're the best words I've ever said. 'I'm hungry.
thinking want feels
I guess when someone tells you something they they usually guard, you feel privileged, not because you know something no-one else knows, but because you feel chosen. You feel like that person wants her life to intersect with yours. I think that's what felt best about it.
mistake sometimes said
Make sure you live,' she said. 'As decent as you can. I know you'll make mistakes, but sometimes you're meant to, okay?
land soul want
If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.
heart body heavy
Disbelief held me down inside my footsteps, making my body heavy but my heart wild.
light glowing bigs
It's about glowing lights and small things that are big.
perfect loving-you mouths
Something I'd like to be perfect at? ... Loving you,' I said. The words climbed from my mouth. 'I'd want to be perfect at loving you.
moving views world
I even move out onto the front porch and see my own limited view of the world. I want to take that world, and for the first time ever, I feel like I can do it. I’ve survived everything I’ve had to so far. I’m still standing here.