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Markus Zusak is an Australian author best known for his internationally acclaimed novel "The Book Thief." His works often explore profound themes of humanity, loss, and the power of words. He has received numerous awards and continues to inspire readers around the world. Here are 229 of his quotes:

I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there. (Markus Zusak)

Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.

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I guess that's the beauty of books. When they finish they don't really finish.

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There are moments when you can only stand and stare, watching the world forget you as you remove yourself from it - when you overcome it and cease to exist as the person you were.

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They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.

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Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

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The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I'm falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.

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It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.

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I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.

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Maybe one morning I'll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.

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I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate. (Markus Zusak)

You're a human, you should understand self-obsession.

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The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)

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Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

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Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

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Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.

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A small fact: You are going to die.... does this worry you?

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Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.

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So much good, so much evil. Just add water.

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It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.

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Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this. (Markus Zusak)

Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.

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It's a small story really, about, among other things: * A girl * Some words * An accordionist * Some fanatical Germans * A Jewish fist fighter * And quite a lot of thievery.

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It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.

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The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.

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Occupation: Australian Author
Born: June 23, 1975
Quotes count: 229

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