I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.
Markus ZusakBut then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?
Markus ZusakThe scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden Jew and the girl slept, hand to shoulder. They breathed. German and Jewish lungs.
Markus Zusak