And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touc…

Markus Zusak
338 citations
And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touch, or at lips that don't smile at me. Or hips that don't reach for me. And hearts that don't beat for me. ✨ Markus Zusak (2011). Underdogs, p.145, Scholastic Inc.
Love
14

More Author Quotes

I suppose he'll die soon. I'm expecting it, like you do for a dog that's seventeen. There's no way to know how I'll react. He'll have faced his own placid death and slipped without a sound inside him … ▶
I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it. ✨ Markus Zusak (2014). Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger, p.886, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Beautiful women are the torment of my existence. ✨ Markus Zusak (2007). I Am the Messenger, p.75, Knopf Books for Young Readers
It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.
You see, to me, for just a moment, despite all of the colors that touch and grapple with what I see in this world, I will often catch an eclipse when a human dies. I've seen millions of them. I've se … ▶

And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touch, or at lips that don't smile at me. Or hips that don't reach for me. And hearts that don't beat for me. ✨ Markus Zusak (2011). Underdogs, p.145, Scholastic Inc.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes