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
true-power power-of-words shakers
The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.
dog knowing
We expressed love for this dog by ... knowing without showing that we cared for him.
book mean writing
Don't be afraid to fail. I fail every day. I failed thousands of times writing The Book Thief, and that book now means everything to me. I had many doubts and fears about that book, but some of what I feel are the best ideas in it came to me when I was working away for apparently no result. Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
distance sky cities
The city buildings in the distance are holding up the sky, it seems.
book writing want
I just want to write someone’s favorite book
queens real beauty-queen
Not a beauty queen. Not one of those. You know the ones. She was real.
color sky moments
The question is, what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?
book boys fists
When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)
men faces fingertips
She even touches Jimmy's face on the photos, and I see what it is to love someone like Milla loved that man. Her fingertips are made of love.
thinking talking people
Warily, she dares to allow me a smile. "It's okay. It's just...I'm not too good at talking to people." She looks away again as her shyness smothers her. "So, do you think it'd be all right if we don't talk?
mind pages stories
You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind.
girl missing want
I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her.
dark night sun
...and the night is so deep and dark that I wonder if the sun will ever come up.
father eye men
Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out.