Markus Zusak Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• 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

  Dad, Father, Hero

  Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.240, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.

  Markus Zusak

  Father, Thinking, Papa

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.521, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out.

  Markus Zusak

  Father, Eye, Men

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.515, RH Childrens Books

• Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.

  Markus Zusak

  Kindness, Father, Eye

  Markus Zusak (2014). “Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger”, p.41, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.

  Markus Zusak

  Growing Up, Father, Bored

  FaceBook post by Markus Zusak from Jan 27, 2012

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