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She was one if the few souls that made me wonder what's it to live.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
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Sydney
NSW
Wonder
Soul
Live
Made
Souls

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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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for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.
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The question is what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?
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The conversation of bullets.
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No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.
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If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.
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Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book.
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The Gunman is useless. I know it. He knows it. The whole bank knows it.
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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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Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
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I thought what if death is more like thinking, well, war is like the boss at your shoulder, constantly wanting more, wanting more, wanting more, and then that gave me the idea that Death is weary, he's fatigued, and he's haunted by what he sees humans do to each other because he's on hand for all of our great miseries.
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Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.
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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 want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.
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...and the night is so deep and dark that I wonder if the sun will ever come up.
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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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Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.
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