Markus Zusak Zitate seite 3

„Menschen sterben an gebrochenem Herzen. Sie bekommen Herzinfarkte. Und es ist das Herz, das am meisten wehtut, wenn etwas schief geht und auseinander fällt.“

I Am the Messenger

„Woher weiß man, ob etwas lebendig ist?
Man schaut nach, ob es atmet.“

I Am the Messenger

„So ein Typ war er. Ruben Wolf. Wenn er am Leben war, war er okay.“

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak buch Underdogs

Underdogs

„Und es sollte mir einmal mehr beweisen, dass eine Gelegenheit geradewegs zu einer anderen führt, genauso wie ein Risiko ein weiteres nach sich zieht, ein Leben ein anderes und ein Tod den nächsten.“

The Book Thief

„Y ese beso, Saumensch?“

„Ich…" Er kämpfte mit der Antwort. "Als alles still war, bin ich hinaufgegangen, und im Flur habe ich gesehen, dass der Vorhang im Wohnzimmer einen Spalt offen stand… ich konnte nach draußen sehen. Ich habe nur ein paar Sekunden lang hingeschaut."
Er hatte die Welt da draußen seit zweiundzwanzig Monaten nicht mehr gesehen.
Keine Wut. Kein Tadel.
Papa stellte eine Frage.
"Wie hat es ausgesehen?"
Max hob den Kopf. In seinem Blick standen Trauer und Erstaunen.
"Da waren Sterne", sagte er. "Sie haben meine Augen verbrannt.“

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak Zitate und Sprüche

„Marv glaubt an so etwas, und ich weiss, dass ich das nicht geringschaetzen sollte. Es ist, wie es ist.“

The Book Thief

„Hals und Beinbruch, Saukerl.“

„‎"Und seid versichert, diese Frau hatte tatsächlich ein Herz, und zwar ein größeres, als die meisten Leute vermutet hätten. Da war eine Menge drin, aufgestapelt, meterhoch auf verborgenen Regalen.“

The Book Thief

„Die Noten wurden in ihrem Atem geboren und starben auf ihren Lippen.“

The Book Thief

„Sergeant Stephan Schneider“

The Book Thief

„Sie verabschiedete sich und wusste es nicht einmal.“

The Book Thief

“When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.”

Markus Zusak: Zitate auf Englisch

“No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.”

Quelle: I Am the Messenger

“for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.”

Quelle: I Am the Messenger

“When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel
So am I.'- Rudy”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“Of course you're real-like any thought or any story. It's real when you're in it.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“They were French, they were Jews, and they were you.”

Quelle: I Am the Messenger

“There was also a rumor that later in the day, she walked fully clothed into the Amper River and said something very strange.
Something about a kiss.
Something about a Saumensch.
How many times did she have to say goodbye?”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“She was a girl with a mountain to climb.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“She kept watching the words.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“The song was born on her breathe and died at her lips.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“A REASSURING ANNOUNCEMENT Please, be calm, despite that previous threat. I am all bluster - I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“Don't punish yourself,' she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”

Quelle: I Am the Messenger

“The question is, what color will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Variante: ... there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.
Quelle: The Book Thief

“A halo surrounded the grim reaper nun, Sister Maria. (By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It amuses me.)”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.'

Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry.

Yes.

I like that a lot.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.”

Markus Zusak buch Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Quelle: Fighting Ruben Wolfe

“She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.”

Markus Zusak buch Die Bücherdiebin

Quelle: The Book Thief

“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.”

Quelle: I Am the Messenger