Markus Zusak Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. ... for the brightness had shown suffering the way. The Book Thief

2. A DEFINITION NOT FOUNDIN THE DICTIONARYNot leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children The Book Thief

3. As far as dispositions go, hers wasn’t really enviable, although she had a good record with foster kids in the past. The Book Thief

4. Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick? The Book Thief

5. He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. The Book Thief

6. He warmed up soon after, but when I picked him up originally, the boy’s spirit was soft and cold, like ice cream. He started melting in my arms. Then warming up completely. Healing. The Book Thief

7. He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get. The Book Thief

8. If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. The Book Thief

9. She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on... The Book Thief

10. So much good, so much evil. Just add water. The Book Thief

11. Sometimes she sat against the wall, longing for the warm finger of paint to wander just once more down the side of her nose, or to watch the sandpaper texture of her papa’s hands.If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter and bread with only the scent of jam spread out on top of it.It was the best time of her life. The Book Thief

12. The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. The Book Thief

13. Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced. The Book Thief

14. Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to pick the words up. They were excerpts of truth gathered from inside me. Getting the Girl

15. ***A KEY WORD*** Imagined The Book Thief

16. As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sparks flow through to our fingers. We've still been running in the mornings, but the city's different then. It's filled with hope and with bristles of winter sunshine. In the evening, it's like it dies, waiting to be born again the next morning. Fighting Ruben Wolfe

17. Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down, hacking methodically at the earth. It was the sound of a grave. The Book Thief

18. He’s the type who is unafraid to make a decision. In this case, Rudy had already made up his mind about Liesel Meminger. The Book Thief

19. It is early, early morning. It's that time when it's still dark but you know the day is coming. Blue is bleeding through black. Stars are dying. Underdog

20. It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives? I don't know. Fighting Ruben Wolfe

21. It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out. Fighting Ruben Wolfe

22. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. I Am the Messenger

23. My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought. Underdog

24. She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. The Book Thief

25. Time will tell, I suppose, or at least, these pages will. Fighting Ruben Wolfe