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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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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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I am hunted by humans.
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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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It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this.
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If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.
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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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You don't always get what you wish for. Especially in Nazi Germany
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I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.
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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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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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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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Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
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It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else.
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It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books at once, just in bits and pieces rather than subjecting myself to a really brilliant book and thinking, Well what's the point of me writing anything? I'm more likely to read a book through when I take a break from writing.
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When a person's last response was Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch, you knew you had them beaten.
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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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I guess when someone tells you something they they usually guard, you feel privileged, not because you know something no-one else knows, but because you feel chosen. You feel like that person wants her life to intersect with yours. I think that's what felt best about it.
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