Markus Zusak quotes - page 2

When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.' Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry. Yes. I like that a lot. (Markus Zusak)
Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps. View quote
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Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down, hacking methodically at the earth. It was the sound of a grave. View quote
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I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be. I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something, till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself. View quote
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So many humans. So many colors. View quote
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If I ever leave this place- I'll make sure I'm better HERE first. View quote
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You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue. View quote
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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. View quote
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Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want." "What's that, Ritchie?" His answer is simple. "To want. View quote
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But neither of us knows, because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it. View quote
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Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times. (Markus Zusak)
I'm Angelina,” she says. "Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes. "You're right, Angelina - I'm here to save you.” "Can you? Really?” "I'll try,” I say and the girl smiles. View quote
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Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it alright. You see? Even Death Has A Heart. View quote
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I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes?" You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement. View quote
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I can promise you that the world is a factory. The sun stirs it, the humans rule it. And I remain. I carry them away.- spoken by death. View quote
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If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train. View quote
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She rubbed her eyes, and after a long study of his face, she spoke "Is it really you?" Is it from your cheek, she thought, that I took the seed? The man nodded. His heart wobbled and he held tighter to the branches. It is. View quote
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Summer came. For the books thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. View quote
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Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book. View quote
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A NICE THOUGHT One was a book thief. The other stole the sky. View quote
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It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this. (Markus Zusak)
It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives? I don't know. View quote
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The water crumbles on it's way down as my hands and feet push me forward. The world is lightening, taking shape, and turning to color. It feels like it's being painted around me. View quote
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Things always seem to glide away. They come to you, stay a moment, then leave again. View quote
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Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. View quote
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