Underdogs Quotes

“Very quickly, very suddenly, words fell through my mind. They landed on the floor of my thoughts, an in there, down there, I started to pick the words up. They were excerpts of truth gathered from inside me.
Even in the night, in bed, they woke me.
They painted themselves onto the ceiling.
They burned themselves onto the sheets of memory laid out in my mind.
When I woke up the next day, I wrote the words down , on a torn-up piece of paper. And to me, the world changed color that morning.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“sometimes I think that maybe we’re not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are. Moments of weakness, of strength. Moments of rescue, of everything.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“Steve, on the other hand, has plenty of friends, but he wouldn't bleed for any of them, because he wouldn't trust them to bleed for him. In that way he's just as alone as me.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“I notice a deliberate change in my brother. He's harder. He has a switch, and once a fight comes near, he flicks it and he is no longer my brother Rube. He's a machine.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“So ein Typ war er. Ruben Wolf. Wenn er am Leben war, war er okay.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“The dog next-door had settled down, and the neighbourhood seemed stunned by this event occurring in our backyard. It was like it could sense it. It could sense some form of tragedy and helplessness being played out, and to tell you the truth, it all surprised me. I was so used to things just going on, oblivious and ignorant to all feeling.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“As weeks edge past us, he fights and wins and he doesn't bother shaving. He turns up and wins. Turns up and wins. He only smiles when *I* fight well.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“He is straight ahead, straight out, straight and hard, and ready to fight.
"Hope you're better than your brother," someone calls.
It hurts me. Wounds me.
"I am."
But not as much as that.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“Orada duruyor, birinin bir şeyler yapmasını bekliyordum ama sonunda beklediğim kişinin kendim olduğunu anlamıştım.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“Üzerinde bu kadar düşünmen gerekirse, yapmaya değmez zaten.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs

“Belki kelimesi beni rahatsız etmeye başlamıştı çünkü sabit olan tek şey 'belkiler'in sonsuza dek benimle kalabilecek olmasıydı.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdogs