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A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold. And I don't have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me from a distance. You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue.
— Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Tags: spoken-from-the-main-character, death

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That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
— Markus Zusak
Tags: writing, complaining
Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.
— Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Tags: memory, life, faith, belief
He killed himself for wanting to live.
— Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Tags: suicide, life, death
A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.
— Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Tags: war, death
The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.
— Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Tags: books
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