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
mistake seems capable
Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.
coffee eye cold
His eyes were cold and brown — like coffee stains…
blue sky yellow
The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun is like a yellow hole. . .
ice two water
..As always, she was carrying the washing. Rudy was carrying two buckets of cold water, or as he put it, two buckets of future ice.
husband moving keys
Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above the keys. She did not move. She didn't ever appear to be breathing.
earning-it sick kind
Stealing it, in a sick kind of sense, was like earning it.
firsts felt
At first, she could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him?
beautiful girl waiting
We're silent now, both waiting, till I remind myself that I'm the older one and should therefore initiate conversation. But I don't. I don't want to waste this girl with idle chitchat. She's beautiful.
years evil water
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.
definitely shot speech
I definitely can't do the 'On the Waterfront' speech. I've had my shot and I couldn't be happier.
afraid creepy enjoying haunted humans irony loved work
The idea that he is haunted by what humans do I just loved that irony because we are all so afraid of dying. Originally, he was a very different voice. He was supercilious. He was enjoying his work too much and he would say creepy things, which is the obvious.