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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
Never
Accuse
Love
Aim
People
Books
Bigs
Hate
Book
Hard
Trying

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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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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 think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too.
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Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it alright. You see? Even Death Has A Heart.
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He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.
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Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.
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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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... And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever.
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Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36)
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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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The happening that happened was that I met this girl.
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I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it.
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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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