Markus Zusak

"Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."

- Markus Zusak

"Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day."

- Markus Zusak

"Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are."

- Markus Zusak

"I'd rather chase the Sun than wait for it."

- Markus Zusak

"“All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of them. Of those ten, six were stolen, one showed up at the kitchen table, two were made for her by a hidden Jew, and one was delivered by a soft, yellow-dressed afternoon.”"

- Markus Zusak

"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement."

- Markus Zusak