It was a style not of perfection, but warmth. Even mistakes had a good feeling about them
Markus ZusakWhy me?' I ask God. God says nothing. I laugh and the stars watch. It's good to be alive.
Markus ZusakI wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.
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