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I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Sydney
NSW
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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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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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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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There was once a strange, small man. He decided three important details about his life: 1. He would part his hair from the opposite side to everyone else. 2. He would make himself a small, strange mustache. 3. He would one day rule the world. ...Yes, the Fuhrer decided that he would rule the world with words.
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... And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever.
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I'd been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town. I didn't go to university. I went to Audrey.
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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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Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so lovelily you were tempted to stretch out your tongue to catch them, taste them. Only, they would have scorched your lips. They would have cooked your mouth.
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Everything was good. But it was awful, too.
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To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, Your next book will never be published - would you still write it? If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing.
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As a child in Sydney, my German Mum and my Austrian Dad would spontaneously tell me stories about what they saw and what they did as children. It was like a piece of Europe coming into our house... Those stories led me to my writing.
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The silence was always the greates temptation.
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Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.
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Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
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I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.
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THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.
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It's about glowing lights and small things that are big.
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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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I love and hate this place because it is full of words.
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Of course you're real-like any thought or any story. It's real when you're in it.
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