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Quotes About Conflict

the moronic nature of fighting it--of killing yourself to survive.
~ Markus Zusak
The word communist + a large bonfire + a collection of dead letters + the suffering of her mother + the death of her brother = the Führer
~ Markus Zusak
No quiere amarme pero tampoco quiere perderme.
~ Markus Zusak
Stealing is what the army does. Taking your father, and mine.
~ Markus Zusak
Suzanne trabaja media jornada. Odia a su padre. Y se odia a sí misma por no plantarle cara. Se lamenta de todo. —Pero adoro a Melinda —dice—. Es el toque de belleza en medio de tanta fealdad.
~ Markus Zusak
Devi capire una cosa, Ed.» «Cosa?» E poi, cauta, lo dice: «Che tu ci creda o no… bisogna provare un amore profondo per odiarti come ti odio io». Tento di comprendere.
~ 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
Some of those soldiers were only boys. They had the Führer in their eyes.
~ Markus Zusak
Some fanatical Germans
~ Markus Zusak
Si lance was not quiet and calm, and it was not peace.
~ Markus Zusak
The juggling comes to an end now, but the struggling does not. I have Liesel Meminger in one hand, Max Vandenburg in the other. Soon, I will clap them together. Just give me a few pages. The
~ Markus Zusak
They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible.
~ Markus Zusak
It take a lot of love to hate like this
~ Markus Zusak
There was the smell of pea soup, something burning and confrontation.
~ Markus Zusak
Their heartbeats fought each other, a mess of rhythm. Liesel tried to eat hers down. The taste of heart was not too cheerful.
~ Markus Zusak
Cómo puede quedarse allí sentada dispuesta a morir mientras yo quiero seguir viviendo? [...] ¿Por qué quiero vivir? No debería y, sin embargo, quiero vivir.
~ 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
War clearly blurred the distinction between logic and superstition.
~ Markus Zusak
Certainly, war meant dying, but it always shifted the ground beneath a person's feet when it was someone who had once lived and breathed in close proximity.
~ Markus Zusak
It takes a lot of love to hate you like this.
~ Markus Zusak
The only thing worse than a boy who hates you; a boy who loves you.
~ Markus Zusak
The only think worse than a boy who hates you; a boy who loves you.
~ Markus Zusak
Something worse than a boy who hates you: a boy who loves you.
~ Markus Zusak
I hate people like that, people you have to protect while they keep hurting you.
~ Marlon James