Best friends one, and now we have almost nothing to say to each other. It was interesting, how he had joined those guys and I just stayed on my own. I didn't like it or dislike it. It was just funny that things had turned out that way.

— Markus Zusak

But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?

— Markus Zusak

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

— Markus Zusak

Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

— Markus Zusak

Death's Diary: 1942 -It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to just name a few. Forget the scythe, God damn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a holiday.(...) They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thing, incessantly. 'Get it done, get it done'. So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss however, does not thank you. He asks for more.

— Markus Zusak

Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.

— Markus Zusak

DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

— Markus Zusak

Disbelief held me down inside my footsteps, making my body heavy but my heart wild.

— Markus Zusak

Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a license?

— Markus Zusak

Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want."" What's that, Ritchie?" His answer is simple." To want.

— Markus Zusak