I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in the end it's you…

- Markus Zusak

I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.

- Markus Zusak

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.

- Markus Zusak

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

- Markus Zusak

Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nic…

- Markus Zusak

The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above…

- Markus Zusak

You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.

- Markus Zusak

It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.

- Markus Zusak

Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or to forget? Do we spend most of our time running towards or away from our lives?

- Markus Zusak