Markus Zusak: "It kills me sometimes, how people die."

About Markus Zusak

Markus Zusak (born 23 June 1975) is an Australian-German writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels that became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2014.

More quotations from Markus Zusak

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

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

—Markus Zusak in The Book Thief

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More quotations tagged with “irony”

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

—Yogi Berra

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I am quite sure… I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices, nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human being—that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

—Mark Twain

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I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.

—Nancy Reagan

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I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.

—Steven Wright

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History

1 Jan 2016 Added