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
children soul arms
Five hundred souls. I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.
reading book men
Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.
couple night men
The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered “Shhh, I’m here, its alright.” After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness, his thereness.
heart two broken
Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces.
girl mountain climbs
She was a girl with a mountain to climb.
book kissing lips
Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for it so much. he must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.
cowardice glad acknowledgment
But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?
song lips breathe
The song was born on her breathe and died at her lips.
done lasts max
THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.
realizing
I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything.
men long waiting
Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.
kissing one-day dying
One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.
jesus want arthur
Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't want to hear it, either.
kind idiot arthur
Clearly," said Arthur,"you're an idiot- but you're our kind of idiot. Come on.