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Quotes About Bravery

She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in and breathed them out. A voice played the notes inside her. This, it said, is your accordion.
~ Markus Zusak
Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?
~ Markus Zusak
She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was an arm reacher, deep into a mattress, to deliver a sketchbook to a teenage girl. (84.25)
~ Markus Zusak
Entonces, ¿se es cobarde por sentir miedo? ¿Se es cobarde por alegrarse de seguir vivo?
~ Markus Zusak
Él era el chalado que se había pintado de negro y había desafiado al mundo. Ella la ladrona de libros, sin palabras.
~ Markus Zusak
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
a young man was hung by a rope made of Stalingrad snow
~ Markus Zusak
Life had altered in the wildest possible way, but it was imperative that they act as if nothing at all had happened. Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.
~ Markus Zusak
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
When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist on his face.
~ Markus Zusak
moments, Liesel stood. The corridor was huge. She examined the soldier in her palm. Instinct told her to run home immediately, but common sense did not allow it. Instead, she placed the ragged soldier in her pocket and returned to the classroom.
~ Markus Zusak
is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?
~ Markus Zusak
La paura è la strada. La paura è ogni singolo passo.
~ Markus Zusak
Make no mistake, this woman had a heart. She had a bigger one than 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. She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on a man's first night in Molching. And she was an arm reacher, deep into a mattress, to deliver a sketchbook to a teenage girl.
~ Markus Zusak
Was he really a coward, as his son had so brutally pointed out? Certainly, in World War I, he considered himself one. He attributed his survival to it. But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived? - Hans Hubermann
~ Markus Zusak
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew. As
~ Markus Zusak
I'm going to find him." "Your papa?" "Yes." He thought about it. "Actually, no. I think I'll find the Führer instead." Faster footsteps. "Why?" Rudy stopped. "Because I want to kill him." He even turned on the spot, to the rest of the world. "Did you hear that, you bastards?" he shouted. "I want to kill the Führer!
~ Markus Zusak
But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear?
~ Markus Zusak
He's the boy who refuses to fear the opposite sex, purely because everyone else embraces that particular fear, and he's the type who is unafraid to make a decision.
~ Markus Zusak
Sergeant Stephan Schneider
~ Markus Zusak
But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived? His
~ Markus Zusak
How about a kiss, Saumensch?" He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His pants clung to him, and he did not stop walking. In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book thief's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.
~ Markus Zusak
People who say they don't have a choice just too coward to choose.
~ Marlon James
God was calling them to love and to dare, not to hide and to be safe.
~ Marta Perry