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The nightmares arrived like they always did, much like the best player in the opposition when you've heard rumors that he might be injured or sick-but there he is, warming up with the rest of them, ready to take the field.
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I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away.
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There are moments when you can only stand and stare, watching the world forget you as you remove yourself from it - when you overcome it and cease to exist as the person you were.
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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 me.
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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?
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The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.
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He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.
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It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you know they don't really care if you're acting like a poor, grovelling idiot. They know you would do the same for them.
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Mystery bores me. It chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It's the machinations that wheel us there that aggravate, perplex, interest, and astound me.
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In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.
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She closes the door completely, and I crouch there. I allow myself to fall forward and rest my head on the door frame. My breath bleeds. My heartbeat drowns my ears.
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His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say "I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come." Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.
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When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for a kiss. Nothing like that. You can love Rudy for that, if you like.
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If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.
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You should know it yourself- a young man is still a boy, and a boy sometimes has the right to be stubborn.
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You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.
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Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. 'There were stars,' He said. 'They burned my eyes.'...from a Himmel street window, he wrote, the stars set fire to my eyes.
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And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever.
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Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.
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Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, and in there, down there, I started to pick the words up. They were excerpts of truth gathered from inside me.
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Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.
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To swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
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We both laugh and run and the moment is so thick around me that i feel like dropping into it to let it carry me.
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Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
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Liesel shrugged away entirely from the crowd and entered the tide of Jews, weaving through them till she grabbed hold of his arm with her left hand. His face fell on her. It reached down as she tripped, and the Jew, the nasty Jew, helped her up. It took all of his strength.
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Markus Zusak
Born:
June 23, 1975
(age 48)
Bio:
Markus Frank Zusak is an Australian writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels for young adults which have been international best-sellers.
Known for:
The Book Thief (2005)
The Messenger (2002)
When Dogs Cry (2001)
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (2000)
The Underdog (1999)
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