Death Quote by Markus Zusak — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.”

“Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.”

“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. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more.”

“Grimly, she realized that clocks don't make a sound that even remotely resembles ticking, tocking. It was more the sound of a hammer, upside down, hacking methodically at the earth. It was the sound of a grave.”

“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”

“It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation.”

“But thoughts the slave of life, and life, Time’s fool,”

“It has been a week since Ami died and this morning I woke suddenly hours before dawn, indeed the same hour as when my mother died. It was not a dream that woke me, but a thought. And with that thought I could swear I heard Ami's voice.”

“But I couldn’t help thinking—Who the hell eats bats? Probably nothing.”

“I believe that more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”

“If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels; and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it.”

“Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.”