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Only hearts... They're in the inside of the inside of me.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Hearts
Inside
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I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.
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I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages anymore. I thought, That's what I want to do with my life.
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A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?
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Summer came. For the books thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews.
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The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked across the redness.
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Even death has a heart.
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He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.
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Better that we leave the paint behind, Hans told her, than ever forget the music.
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I say, 'Don't lose your heart, Rube.' And very clearly, without moving, my brother answers me. He says, 'I'm not tryin' to lose it, Cam. I'm tryin' to find it.
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Liesel crossed the bridge over the Amper River. The water was glorious and emerald and rich. She could see the stones at the bottom and hear the familiar song of water. The world did not deserve such a river.
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She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.
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Soon evening worked its way into the sky, and the city hunched itself down.
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The happening that happened was that I met this girl.
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The scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden Jew and the girl slept, hand to shoulder. They breathed. German and Jewish lungs.
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Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.
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