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
waiting wonder happenings
A happening was looming. It was out there somewhere beyond the regular enclosed life that I had been living. It was out there, not waiting, but existing. Being. Perhaps it was only slightly wondering if I would come to it.
love hate boys
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.
pain writing punishment
...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.
beautiful wall book
She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet immaculate shelving. It was barely possible to see paintwork. There were all different styles and sizes of lettering on the spines of the black, the red, the gray, the every-colored books. It was one of the most beautiful things Liesel Meminger had ever seen. With wonder, she smiled. That such a room existed!
desks coming-back ability
You'll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That's when you know you're a writer - when you take the failures and appear at the desk again, over and over again.
morning lying steps
Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.
ideas giving pieces
When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.
motivational book special
Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.
sad pain thinking
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
smell pages taste
She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.
christmas littles snowman
It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.
change time disappointment
She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.
moving-on broken-relationship want
She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.
feelings feels handle
Very suddenly. Yes, quite suddenly, I didn't feel like I could handle my feeling of aloneness.