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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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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Trying
Never
Accuse
Love
Aim
People
Books
Bigs
Hate
Book
Hard

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I just know that right now, we want to be proud. For once. We want to take the struggle and rise above it. We want to frame it, live it, survive it. We want to put it in our mouths and taste it and never forget it, because it makes us strong.
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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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Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
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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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A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?
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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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Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.
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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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Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.
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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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Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growing up is catching my first proper wave and surfing across it and my brother cheering at me from the shore.
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My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.
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If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.
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His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come. Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.
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I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.
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Why me?' I ask God. God says nothing. I laugh and the stars watch. It's good to be alive.
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