“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”
— Markus Zusak“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”
— Markus Zusak“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.”
— Markus Zusak“Even death has a heart.”
— Markus Zusak“Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn’t care, I finally answer, and I know I’m right. It’s like I’ve been chosen. But chosen for what? I ask.”
— Markus Zusak