Markus Zusak Messages

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

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.

Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.

My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy.

I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.

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

The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.

The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.