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If they killed him tonight, at least he would die alive. ~ Markus Zusak
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We might be criminals, but we're not totally immoral ~ Markus Zusak
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The road was icy as it was, but Rudy put on the extra coat, barely able to contain a grin. It ran across his face like a skid. ~ Markus Zusak
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Raskolnikov once said: When reason fails, the devil helps! ~ Markus Zusak
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The only sound I'll hear after that will be my own breathing, and the sound of the smell, of my footsteps ~ Markus Zusak
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the dark, the light. What's the difference ~ Markus Zusak
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Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ~ Markus Zusak
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She saw it all so clearly. Her starving mother, her missing father. Kommunisten. Her dead brother. ~ Markus Zusak
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Walk into the living room (which doubled as the Hubermanns' bedroom), pull the accordion ~ Markus Zusak
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A Jew had once saved his life and he couldn't forget that. He couldn't join a party that antagonized people in such a way ... Like many of the Jews believed, he didn't think the hatred could last ... ~ Markus Zusak
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When her hands reached out and poured the tea, it was as if she also poured something into me while I sat there sweating in my cab. It was like she held a string and pulled on it just slightly to open me up. She got in, put a piece of herself inside me, and left again. ~ Markus Zusak
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A day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. ~ Markus Zusak
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I am hunted by humans ~ Markus Zusak
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The point is, it didn't really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important. ~ Markus Zusak
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Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places. This one was sent out by the breath of an accordion, the odd taste of champagne in summer, and the art of promise-keeping. ~ Markus Zusak
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Around us I can sniff out a savagery in the noisy southern air. It knifes it's way into my nose, but I do not bleed blood. It's fear I bleed, and it gushes out over my lip. I wipe it away, in a hurry. ~ Markus Zusak
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Who could step in while I take a break in your stock-standard resort-style vacation destination, whether it be tropical or of the ski trip variety? The answer, of course, is nobody, ~ Markus Zusak
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Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a licence? ~ Markus Zusak
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There was the gate next, which she(Liesel)clung to. A gang of tears trudged from her eyes as she held on and refused to go inside. People started to gather on the street, until Rosa Hubermann swore at them, after which they reversed back whence they came.

~A TRANSLATION OF ROSA HUBERMANN'S ANNOUNCEMENT~

'What are you arseholes looking at? ~ Markus Zusak
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Best friends one, and now we have almost nothing to say to each other. It was interesting, how he had joined those guys and I just stayed on my own. I didn't like it or dislike it. It was just funny that things had turned out that way. ~ Markus Zusak
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But sometimes the truth arrives on you, and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer
it's a question. ~ Markus Zusak
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They were eating in the kitchen. Looking at the spoonfuls of pea soup entering Mama's mouth, she decided to shift her focus to Papa. "There's something ~ Markus Zusak
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Around six-thirty, Rory was across the street, leaning against a telegraph pole, smiling just for laughs; the world was filthy, and so was he. After a short search, he pulled a long strand of girls' hair from his mouth. Whoever she was, she was out there somewhere, she lay open-legged in Rory's head. A girl we'll never know, or see. ~ Markus Zusak
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When reason fails, the devil helps! ~ Markus Zusak
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... Pfiffikus, whose vulgarity made Rosa Hubermann look like a wordsmith and a saint. ~ Markus Zusak
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If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me. ~ Markus Zusak
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Late in February, she stood on Munich Street and watched a single giant cloud come over the hills like a white monster. It climbed the mountains. The sun was eclipsed, and in its place, a white beast with a gray heart watched the town. ~ Markus Zusak
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Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long. ~ Markus Zusak
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She was saying goodbye and she didn't even know it. ~ Markus Zusak
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Something I'd like to be perfect at? ... Loving you,' I said. The words climbed from my mouth. 'I'd want to be perfect at loving you. ~ Markus Zusak
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There are hundreds of thoughts per every word spoken, and that's if they're spoken at all. ~ Markus Zusak
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It's the sound of my breathing that gets me, pouring down into my lungs and then tripping back up my throat. ~ Markus Zusak
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The city was dark except for the building lights that seemed to appear like sores - like bandaids had been ripped off to expose the city's skin. ~ Markus Zusak
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No crime in wanting a little more, ~ Markus Zusak
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Amen,' I say, delayed, and now, like many of these people, I pray for the first time in years. ~ Markus Zusak
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Oh, how the clouds stumbled in and assembled stupidly in the sky.
Great obese clouds.
Dark and plump.
Bumping into each other. Apologizing. Moving on and finding room. ~ Markus Zusak
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The Keys To Happiness
1.Finishing the Grave Digger's Handbook.
2.Escaping the ire of Santa Maria.
3.Recieving two books for Christmas. ~ Markus Zusak
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A mosquito sings in my ear, and I almost feel grateful for the company. I'm even tempted to sing along. It ~ Markus Zusak
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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest? ~ Markus Zusak
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Eleven-year-old paranoia was powerful. Eleven-year-old relief was euphoric. ~ Markus Zusak
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experienced. In so much as a teacher can ~ Phil C. Zusak
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On the other hand, he was also enjoying the ecstasy of an idea, not daring just yet to envision its complications, dangers, and vicious absurdities. For now, the idea was enough. It was indestructible. Transforming it into reality, well, that was something else altogether. For now, though, let's let him enjoy it. ~ Markus Zusak
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She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words. That's why she could climb higher than anyone else. She had desire. She was hungry for them. ~ Markus Zusak
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There was also an acknowledgment that there was great beauty in what she was currently witnessing, and she chose not to disturb it. ~ Markus Zusak
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She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half.
Then a chapter.
Soon, there was nothing but scraps of words littered between her legs and all around her. The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. Without words, the Führer was nothing. There would be no limping prisoners, no need for consolation or wordly tricks to make us feel better.
What good were the words?
She said it audibly now, to the orange-lit room. "What good are the words? ~ Markus Zusak
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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. ~ Markus Zusak
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The world is an ugly stew, she thought.
It's so ugly I can't stand it. ~ Markus Zusak
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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. ~ Markus Zusak
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How many people get this chance?
And of those few, how many actually take it? ~ Markus Zusak
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She was a girl with a mountain to climb. ~ Markus Zusak
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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. ~ Markus Zusak
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Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out, like the rain. (p. 85) ~ Markus Zusak
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Duden Dictionary Meaning #4. Wort - Word: A meaningful unit of language / a promise / a short remark, statement, or conversation. Related words: term, name, expession. ~ Markus Zusak
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I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her. ~ Markus Zusak
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She walked down the basement steps. She saw an imaginary framed photo seep into the wall - a quiet-smiled secret. No more than a few meters, it was a long walk to the drop sheets and the assortment of paint cans that shielded Max Vandenburg. She removed the sheets closest to the wall until there was a small corridor to look through. The first part of him she saw was his shoulder, and through the slender gap, she slowly, painfully, inched her hand in until it rested there. His clothing was cool. He did not wake.
She could feel his breathing and his shoulder moving up and down ever so slightly. For a while, she watched him. Then she sat and leaned back.
Sleepy air seemed to have followed her.
The scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden Jew and the girl slept, hand to shoulder.
They breathed.
German and Jewish lungs. ~ Markus Zusak
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I only know it would have been nice to be making love instead of attempting murder. ~ Markus Zusak
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Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid any awkward moment when the realness of reality sticks its fork into our flesh, leaving us standing there, together. I want to stay here, in this moment, and never go to other places, where we don't know what to say or what to do. ~ Markus Zusak
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They were frightened, no question, but they were not afraid of me. It was a fear of messing up and having to face themselves again, and facing the world, and the likes of you. ~ Markus Zusak
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You see, people may tell you that Nazi Germany was built on anti-Semitism, a somewhat overzealous leader and a nation of hate-fed bigots, but it would have all come to nothing had the Germans not loved one particular activity - to burn.
The Germans loved to burn things. Shops, synagogues, Reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people and, of course, books. ~ Markus Zusak
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As always, she was carrying the washing. Rudy was carrying two buckets of cold water, or as he put it, two buckets of future ice. ~ Markus Zusak
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See, Cameron. The only things I care about in this life are me, you, Mum, Dad, Steve and Sarah. And maybe Miffy. The rest of the world means nothing to me. The rest of the world can rot.'
Am I like that too?'
You? No way.' There's a slight gap in his words. 'And that's your problem. You care about everything.'
He's right.
I do. ~ Markus Zusak
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We all have our duties here. We all suffer. We all endure our setbacks for the greater good of mankind. ~ Markus Zusak
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When I picked him up originally, the boy's spirit was soft and cold, like ice-cream. He started melting in my arms. Then warming up completely. Healing. ~ Markus Zusak
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The orphanage taught their girls religious ritual to the Nth degree, and how to make their own clothes. Giti mended uniforms for the soldiers and even sold a few prayer rugs in the marketplace. Self-sufficiency they called it. Ha! ~ Michael Ben Zehabe
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Duden Dictionary Meaning #2
Verzeihung - Forgiveness: to stop feeling anger, animosity, or resentment. ~ Markus Zusak
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Papa grinned and pointed at the girl. "Book, sandpaper, pencil," he ordered her, "and accordion!" once she was already gone. Soon, they were on Himmel Street, carrying the words, the music, the washing. ~ Markus Zusak
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Liesel continued the examination. She moved around him and shrugged. "Not bad."
Not bad!" I look better than just not bad."
The shoes let you down. And your face."
Rudy placed the lantern on the counter and came toward her in mock-anger, and Liesel had to admit that a nervousness started gripping her. It was with both relief and disappointment that she watched him trip and fall on the disgraced mannequin.
On the floor, Rudy laughed.
Then he closed his eyes, clenching them hard.
Liesel rushed over.
She crouched above him.
Kis him, Liesel, kiss him.
Are you all right, Rudy? Rudy?"
I miss him," said the boy, sideways, across the floor.
Frohe Weihnachten," Liesel replied. She helped him up, straightening the suit. "Merry Christmas. ~ Markus Zusak
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I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be.
I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something , till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself. ~ Markus Zusak
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Big things are often just small things that are noticed. - Ed Kennedy ~ Markus Zusak
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He walked from one end of the basement to the other, the lamplight magnifying his shadow. It turned him into a giant on the wall, walking back and forth. When he stopped pacing, his shadow loomed behind him, watching. Someone was always watching. ~ Markus Zusak
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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. ~ Markus Zusak
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When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when the iron's hot. ~ Markus Zusak
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A book floated down the Amper River.
A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held
it in his right hand. He grinned. He stood
waist-deep in the icy, Decemberish water.
"How about a kiss, Saumensch?" he said. ~ Markus Zusak
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At the end of the day, it's still up to you, and that's the beauty of books. In so many ways, they never really end. ~ Markus Zusak
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One thing I've noticed about the Germans: They seem very fond of pigs. ~ Markus Zusak
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The conversation of bullets. ~ Markus Zusak
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I say His name in a futile attempt to understand. "But it's not your job to understand." That's me who answers. God never says anything. Tou think you're the only one he never answers? ~ Markus Zusak
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All four of us were young and undaunted and our smiles were so strong that it made me smile even then on the couch, with a kind of loss. ~ Markus Zusak
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There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty. ~ Markus Zusak
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The city around us seemed colder than ever again, and I realised that even if it really had sensed something going on, it certainly didn't care. It moved forward again. I could feel it. I could almost hear it laugh and taste it. Close. Watching. Mocking. And it was cold, so cold, as it watched my sister bleeding at the back of our house. ~ Markus Zusak
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For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the scene. Liesel did not. The book thief saw only the mechanics of the words
their bodies stranded on the paper, beaten down for her to walk on. Somewhere, too, in the gaps between a period and the next capital letter, there was also Max. She remembered reading to him when he was sick. It he in the basement? she wondered. Or is he stealing a glimpse of the sky again? ~ Markus Zusak
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There would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing. ~ Markus Zusak
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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph." Papa's hands tightened on the splintery wood. "I'm an idiot."
No, Papa.
You're just a man. ~ Markus Zusak
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Eviction day at the orphanage loomed large over Giti--and I worried deeply for her. 'Allah will provide,' I whispered. But Giti rolled her eyes, unconvinced. ~ Michael Ben Zehabe
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1. The desperate Jews - their spirits in my lap as we sat on the roof, next to the steaming chimneys.
2. The Russian soldiers - taking only small amounts of ammunition, relying on the fallen for the rest of it.
3. The soaked bodies of a French coast - beached on the shingle and sand. ~ Markus Zusak
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For a moment, I panic. It's that feeling of falling when you know without question, that you've lost control of your car, or made a mistake that's beyond repair.
'What do I do now?' I ask desperately. 'Tell me! What do I do now?'
He remains calm.
He looks at me closely and says, 'Keep living, Ed ... It's only the pages that stop here. ~ Markus Zusak
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You ever hear 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.'
Sometimes I think they're the best words I've ever said.
'I'm hungry. ~ Markus Zusak
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He switched off the light, came back and sat in the chair. In the darkness, Liesel kept her eyes open. She was watching the words. ~ Markus Zusak
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Clearly, I see it.
I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there.
A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book. ~ Markus Zusak
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I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy. ~ Markus Zusak
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She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness. ~ Markus Zusak
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Time will tell, I suppose, or at least, these pages will. ~ Markus Zusak
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When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great. ~ Markus Zusak
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For now, the idea was enough. It was indestructible. Transforming it into reality, well, that was something else altogether. For now, though, let's let him enjoy it.
We'll give him seven months.
Then we come for him.
And oh, how we come. ~ Markus Zusak
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Two Giant Words: I'm Sorry ~ Markus Zusak
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I'll never forget the first day in Auschwitz, the first time in Mauthausen. At that second place, as time wore on, I also picked them up from the bottom of the great cliff, when their escapes fell awfully awry. There were broken bodies and dead m sweet hearts. Still, it was better than the gas. Some of them I caught when they were only halfway down, Saved you, I'd think, holding their souls in midair as the rest of their being-their physical shells-plummeted to the earth. All of them were like, like the cases of empty walnuts. Smoky sky in those places. The smell like a stove, but still so cold. ~ Markus Zusak
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Under the ground, in Munich, Germany, two people stood and spoke in a basement. It sounds like the beginning of a joke:

'There's a Jew and a German standing in a basement, right?...'

This, however, was no joke. ~ Markus Zusak
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Is it from your cheek that I took the seed? ~ Markus Zusak
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They walked on in silence for a while, until Rudy said, "I just wish I was like Jesse Owens, Papa." This time, Mr. Steiner placed his hand on Rudy's head and explained, "I know, son - but you've got beautiful blond hair and big, safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that; is that clear?" But nothing was clear. ~ Markus Zusak
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Make no mistake, the woman had a heart. She had a bigger one that people would think. There was a lot in it, stored up, high in miles of hidden shelving. Remember that she was the woman with the instrument strapped to her body in the long, moon-slit night. ~ Markus Zusak
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