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Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.
Markus Zusak
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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Liesel shrugged away entirely from the crowd and entered the tide of Jews, weaving through them till she grabbed hold of his arm with her left hand. His face fell on her. It reached down as she tripped, and the Jew,the nasty Jew, helped her up. It took all of his strength.
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Yes, I'm often reminded of her, and in one of my array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt - an immense leap of an attempt - to prove to me that you, and your human existence, are worth it.
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I'd been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town. I didn't go to university. I went to Audrey.
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The flyscreen door slammed behind me. My feet dragged. I reached each arm into the jacket. Warm sleeves. Crumpled collar. Hands in pockets. Okay. I walked.
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When death captures me, the boy vowed, he will feel my fist in his face. (31.26)
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Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy, slippery and gray - but once in a while some stars had the nerve to rise and float, if only for a few minutes. On those nights, she would stay a little longer and wait. Hello, stars.
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Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.
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It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else.
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Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)
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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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