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The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Thing
Love
Hates
Loves
Worse
Boys
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I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.
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You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.
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They were glued down, every last one of them. A packet of souls. Was it fate?Misfortune?Is that what glued them down like that?Of course not.Let's not be stupid.It probably had more to do with the hurled bombs, thrown down by humans hiding in the clouds.
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I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.
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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.
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To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, Your next book will never be published - would you still write it? If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing.
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The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field.
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You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.
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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.
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She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness.
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Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.
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I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.
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...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
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The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo.
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Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.
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