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Quotes About Youth

A SMALL BUT NOTE WORTHY NOTE I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me.
~ Markus Zusak
Some of those soldiers were only boys. They had the Führer in their eyes.
~ Markus Zusak
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
I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.
~ Markus Zusak
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend Rudy Steiner soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection.
~ Markus Zusak
The human child—so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.)
~ Markus Zusak
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. H tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, her lips were fleshy, and she leaned in once more, this time losing control and misjudging it. Their teeth collided on the demolished world of Himmel Street.
~ Markus Zusak
After all,' he said, 'you should know it yourself - a young man is still a , and a boy sometimes has the right to be stubborn.
~ Markus Zusak
Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month away from his death. Of course I told him about you, Liesel said. She was saying goodbye and she didnt't even know it.
~ Markus Zusak
Nel corso degli anni ho visto tanti giovani che credono di correre gli uni contro gli altri. Non è così. È verso di me che corrono.
~ Markus Zusak
Una niña de once años es muchas cosas, pero no tonta.
~ Markus Zusak
There was a chapter called "Tired Hearts" in A Song in the Dark. A romantic girl had promised herself to a young man, but it appeared that he had run away with her best friend. Liesel was sure it was chapter thirteen. " Ã¢â'¬ËœMy heart is so tired,' Ã¢â'¬Â the girl had said. She was sitting in a chapel, writing in her diary.
~ Markus Zusak
Singurul lucru mai r?u decât un b?iat care te urâÅŸte.Un b?iat care te iubeÅŸte.
~ Markus Zusak
My heart is so tired,' Ã¢â'¬Â the girl had said. She was sitting in a chapel, writing in her diary. No, thought Liesel as she walked. It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this.
~ Markus Zusak
For now, Rudy and Liesel made their way onto Himmel Street in the rain. He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. 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.
~ Markus Zusak
I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They're running at me.
~ Markus Zusak
Los jóvenes siguen siendo niños y los niños a veces tienen derecho a ser cabezotas.
~ Markus Zusak
Anhelaba volver a la inconsciencia de entonces, a sentir tanto amor sin saberlo y a confundirlo con las risas.
~ Markus Zusak
It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this (Zusak 439).
~ Markus Zusak
había dicho la chica. [...] No, pensó Liesel mientras andaba, para corazón cansado, el mío. Un corazón de trece años no debería sentirse así.
~ Markus Zusak
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
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers.
~ Markus Zusak
I thought you might be too old for such a tale, but maybe no one is.
~ Markus Zusak
No, thought Liesel as she walked. It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this.
~ Markus Zusak