Fuck Yeah Markus Zusak

May272012

May262012

May252012

Getting the Girl/When Dogs Cry

“You ever fear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud, it’s almost unbearable?” He nodded. “I reckon they howl like that because they’re so hungry it hurts, and that’s what I feel in me every day of my life. I’m so hungry to be somethin’ - to be somebody. You hear me?” He did. “I’m not lyin’ down ever. Not for you. Not for anyone.” I ended it. “I’m hungry, Steve.”

12PM

(Source: wolf--boy)

May242012

“At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It’s likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn’t matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.” The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. (via madeofglass-)

May232012

naddymanaf:

19.

May222012

(Source: thisisfury)

May182012

Death’s Diary: Cologne

happyduckanon:

Five hundred souls.

I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I’d throw them over my shoulder. It was only the children I carried in my arms.

May172012

“I stand around a bit as the crowd continues piling toward the soccer field and Ritchie comes over.
He studies me, up and down, and speaks.
“Christ, Ed - you look bloody desperate. All bloodied and messed up and shit.”
“Thanks.”
He looks closer. “What happened?”
“Ah, just some young fellas having a bit of harmless fun.”
He pats me on the back, hard enough to hurt. “That’ll teach you, won’t it?”
“For what?”
Ritchie winks at me and finishes his beer. “No idea.” I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (via crossettlibrary)

May162012

“A human doesn’t have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. 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. Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.” Markus Zusak (via jinquotes)

May152012

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May142012

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May132012

thebookslist:

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Summary:

Narrated by death, Mark Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she discovers something she can’t resist - books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever they are to be found.

With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids, as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

Markus Zusak, award-winning author of I Am the Messenger, has crafted an unforgettable novel about hte ability of books to feed the soul.

I can’t even begin to express to you how beautiful this book is. I seriously loved it so so so much. It was cracking my heart all throughout, until it finally broke it at the end. I loved literally everything about it, and I have nothing negative to say. It’s just so wonderful.

5/5

May122012

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May112012

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