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Markus Zusak was born in Sydney, Australia in 1975.
* He is the youngest of four children of German and Austrian immigrants.
* He began writing fiction at age 16 and pursued a degree in teaching.
* Before becoming a professional author, Zusak worked briefly as a house painter, a janitor and a high school English teacher.
* His first novel, The Underdog, was published in 1999.
* His second novel, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, was published in 2000.
* His third novel, When Dogs Cry, was published in 2001.
* His fourth novel, The Messenger, was published in 2002.
* His fifth and most famous novel, The Book Thief, was published in 2005.
* The Book Thief was a critical and commercial success, winning numerous awards and being translated into over 60 languages.

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

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The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

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She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.

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Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

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As always, one of her books was next to her.

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Sometimes people are beautiful.Not in looks.Not in what they say.Just in what they are.

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My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy.

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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.

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A DEFINITION NOT FOUNDIN THE DICTIONARYNot leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children

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...there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.

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I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.

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Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down, hacking methodically at the earth. It was the sound of a grave.

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If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

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

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Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

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