Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak
Markus Frank Zusak,is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels for young adults which have been international best-sellers. He won the annual Margaret Edwards Award in 2014 for his contribution to young-adult literature published in the US...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth23 June 1975
CountryAustralia
done lasts max
THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.
worry doe facts
A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?
summer book color
Summer came. For the books thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews.
kissing one-day dying
One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.
two world week
Two weeks to change the world, fourteen days to destroy it.
realizing
I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything.
voice not-sure rumours
My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.
running laughing moments
We both laugh and run and the moment is so thick around me that i feel like dropping into it to let it carry me.
ice sweaters snow
It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice. As you may expect, someone has died.
girl men gun
You can kill a man with those words. No gun. No bullets. Just words and a girl.
eye cutting blood
She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from the words. From Liesel's words.
heart dark rubble
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.
begging-you asking mouths
I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes?" You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement.
running time thinking
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.