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When a person's last response was Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch, you knew you had them beaten.
Markus Zusak
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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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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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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.
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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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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?
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...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
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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.
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Make sure you live,' she said. 'As decent as you can. I know you'll make mistakes, but sometimes you're meant to, okay?
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I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her. Nothing, however, exits my mouth. How well do we really let ourselves know each other? There's a long quietness until I finally break it open. It reminds me of someone breaking bread and handing it out. In my case, I hand out a question to my friend.
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It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.
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You see, to me, for just a moment, despite all of the colors that touch and grapple with what I see in this world, I will often catch an eclipse when a human dies. I've seen millions of them. I've seen more eclipses than I care to remember
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It's about glowing lights and small things that are big.
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Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.
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I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.
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I am hunted by humans.
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The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun is like a yellow hole. . .
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Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.
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Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.
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The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.
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And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touch, or at lips that don't smile at me. Or hips that don't reach for me. And hearts that don't beat for me.
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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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