I guess people feel like they kind of know me. The game developer me, or the Twitter persona, that's Notch. It's a censored version. The real me is Markus.
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Related I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the mus... J. COLE The way that people show me love on Twitter? I don't know man. It's amazing. T-PAIN What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, ... CARA DELEVINGNE People don't talk to me the way they would other people. They kind of look at me, but they never... FAIRUZA BALK It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ... BEN STEIN The grotesque has never really affected or frightened me. I guess it's real-life stuff that frig... GEORGE A. ROMERO French pharmacies probably feel like CVS to French people, but to me, they feel like a real-life ver... EMILY WEISS To me, I'm sort of like Dorothy in 'The Wiz.' It kind of parallels my life. It's a s... KENNY LEON I've been in some situations where people have treated me like a fascinating toy. You know, it... LORDE One of the most important things to me as a songwriter is to make music that's young and fresh b... TORI KELLY I just feel that I don't agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that&... BERNADINE DOHRN I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper. AARON SORKIN To me, it's a different kind of voter suppression to constantly try to make people feel like the... KELLYANNE CONWAY It makes me feel so amazing to know there's people out here that support me and follow me on Twi... AUSTIN MAHONE Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a... ZACK SNYDER It's strange - there's a public persona of me that does nothing for me: the side of me where... PETE WENTZ I don't like a lot of attention. That's kind of who I am at heart. So I see everything, the ... LEON BRIDGES Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk t... KEHLANI I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write ab... LOU REED Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard... ME Just look at what is spelled: Hal Jordan BrUce Wayne Victor Stone Clark KenT... ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester... ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high. ME In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes p... CARICE VAN HOUTEN I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just v... ERIC CLAPTON I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me. CARLY PATTERSON I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconsc... GOTYE My friend Markus Zusak wrote a story from the point of view of death, 'The Book Thief.' I th... SHAUN TAN To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really... FLUME It made me feel cooler in real life to know I could be The Rock's daughter. ALEXANDRA DADDARIO One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they f... CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT There's no way for me to know, but my best guess, as it must be for everyone, is that other peop... DANIEL KEYS MORAN I just got on Twitter because there was some MTV film blog that quoted me on something really innocu... ANNA KENDRICK To me, when people say, 'Oh, you're a freak athlete,' it's bittersweet. It's a h... COLIN KAEPERNICK I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's lik... ICE CUBE You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but t... GARRETT HEDLUND It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People... RICK BAKER To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tell... BILL MAHER I'm very comfortable with an R-rating. I feel like it sounds like what people talk like in real ... DAVID DOBKIN A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name... WATKIN TUDOR JONES I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviousl... IGGY AZALEA I just - I like the saccharin and the gooeyness of 'Bachelor,' and how just gross and like f... KEN MARINO I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in f... ANGELINA JOLIE I'm a real person. I have real feelings. I have real thoughts. It's a quality people like ab... GERRY COONEY I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discr... JOHN RIDLEY Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni... SAM SMITH I try to be the best version of me that I can be, whether it's acting or on a personal level. EMERAUDE TOUBIA I do feel like guys feel pressure to be funny with me, which is kind of annoying. It's a turn-of... CHELSEA PERETTI I know in my soul when something feels like a sell out and I think for me, I knew that if I did the ... ERIC AVERY I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of... PAULA COLE The Wall Street Dow Jones up and down thing that's moving when the stock market's open? That... ERIC CHURCH No one's banging down my door. People see the way I look, and they don't feel threatened, bu... TIM DALY I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ... LIV WARFIELD What probably confuses people is they know a lot about me, but it quite pleases me that there's ... BJORK I sometimes feel like it's difficult for people to relate to me, until they spend, like, a day w... EMILY WATSON The one thing that's broken inside of me is that I've lost the signal most people have to fe... TAKERU KOBAYASHI If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway... AMY SEDARIS I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean'... DANA SPIOTTA I have thought about the next steps, and you know, they still don't know that I can dance. They ... NAIMA ADEDAPO Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest fe... ZOOEY DESCHANEL I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help ... RALPH HALL Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing.... AL PACINO It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something ... TOM BRADY A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a ... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that ti... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS I don't know what it is in me that refuses to quit, but I think it's kind of like, dare to d... BRETT YOUNG I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and so... DAN FEUERRIEGEL Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play... SHAQUILLE O'NEAL I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fam... OTIS BLACKWELL There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other peo... PAT CONROY Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell... BRYSON TILLER I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock '... CARLOS SANTANA I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'... TIFFENY MILBRETT I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: t... DAN HICKS 'Ted' made me nearly cry. It's kind of like 'Marley and Me.' NIALL HORAN I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's t... DIERKS BENTLEY I'll take photographs with kids. People who want to take photographs with me. People who like th... JOHNNY DEPP I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim" BRING ME THE HORIZON The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic v... SAM HUNT I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don... JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commiss... BOBBY HULL For me, the word 'housewife,' because of, like, the 'Real Housewives' - I don't ... SARAH DUNN That's where humour lives for me. In the body. The Steve Martin kind of stuff or Jim Carrey, tha... AL PACINO People tell me I'm like the country version of Justin Timberlake. Actually, the other day someon... THOMAS RHETT I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it... ZACH JOHNSON I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it's like, it's a different kind of performing... AVICII I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery ... JON CROSBY As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about... ERYKAH BADU No longer are the days where I just kind of fly under the radar. Everybody's recognizing me. Eve... CARLI LLOYD I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me.... DANA FOX It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. ... DAVE BRUBECK For me, working out is a form of therapy. It's cathartic for me; it's a good stress reliever... BOB HARPER I just filmed a movie with my boyfriend, an indie film called 'Conception.' And it's kin... SARAH HYLAND What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, o... VICKI LAWRENCE When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it's hard for me to embrace that, b... ELLEN DEGENERES People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happ... KASKADE I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodr... DAVID SEDARIS I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if ... JUDY BLUME Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. Th... SHEMAR MOORE It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right fra... ELLIE GOULDING
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MARKUS PERSSON I never really had the fun teens of exploring the world because I was sitting at home, learning prog... MARKUS PERSSON Turns out, what I love doing is making games. Not hyping games or trying to sell a lot of copies. I ... MARKUS PERSSON Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of hum... GORAN PERSSON We must make working life more human. GORAN PERSSON We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we ... GORAN PERSSON It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continu... GORAN PERSSON Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe. GORAN PERSSON Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open. GORAN PERSSON Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe. GORAN PERSSON Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone. GORAN PERSSON A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique. GORAN PERSSON It is a serious situation for the EU, but I won't hide that I feel some relief, GOERAN PERSSON It is an incumbent president in a situation where a great part of the nation experiences that it is ... GOERAN PERSSON was not unexpected.... But it was a divided nation that went to the polls. GOERAN PERSSON We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we ... GOERAN PERSSON We have lost her, that is the way it is. And that realization hurts so terribly much, ... We shall c... GOERAN PERSSON The attack against her also hurt society. GOERAN PERSSON We have lost so many -- a father, a mother, granddad, our little child, our small, small sister, my ... GOERAN PERSSON It is not pure mathematics, but also a bit of politics. 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MATS PERSSON No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof wa... MARKUS ZUSAK Most of the results of using technical bugging devices were of little importance for my service. It ... MARKUS WOLF German is a much more precise language than English. Americans throw the word love around for everyt... OLIVER MARKUS I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they ... MARKUS ZUSAK You ever hear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud it's almost unbearable?' He nodded. 'I rec... MARKUS ZUSAK How does it feel, anyway?" How does what feel?" When you take one of those books?" At... MARKUS ZUSAK We used to languish when we walked, or sidle down the street like dogs that have just done something... MARKUS ZUSAK I..." He struggled to answer. "When everything was quiet, I went up to the corridor and the curtain ... MARKUS ZUSAK The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this. MARKUS ZUSAK Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. MARKUS HERZ Si lance was not quiet and calm, and it was not peace. MARKUS ZUSAK A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I... MARKUS ZUSAK Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they... MARKUS ZUSAK Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. MARKUS ZUSAK He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He m... MARKUS ZUSAK Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. MARKUS ZUSAK We don't need a point, son. We're juvenile, we're dirty, we don't have girls, we have noses full of ... MARKUS ZUSAK There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at al... MARKUS ZUSAK Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile a... MARKUS ZUSAK I told her I loved the howling sound of her harmonica. That seemed to be the limit of my courage tha... MARKUS ZUSAK Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want." "W... MARKUS ZUSAK Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He wa... MARKUS ZUSAK Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die. MARKUS ZUSAK I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. MARKUS ZUSAK All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is. MARKUS ZUSAK She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren�... MARKUS ZUSAK She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, sof... MARKUS ZUSAK A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often... MARKUS ZUSAK The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. MARKUS ZUSAK She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did. MARKUS ZUSAK He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the bo... MARKUS ZUSAK Envy is the desire to have what someone else has. Jealousy is the fear of losing what you have. The ... OLIVER MARKUS I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while ot... MARKUS ZUSAK The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At t... MARKUS ZUSAK Well, this is basically the end, so the answers should be in these next few pages. I doubt they will... MARKUS ZUSAK The red lipstick? It's supposed to signal fertility and readiness to mate. Just like the swollen red... OLIVER MARKUS Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growi... MARKUS ZUSAK It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, ... MARKUS ZUSAK Best friends one, and now we have almost nothing to say to each other. It was interesting, how he ha... MARKUS ZUSAK Being faithful and monogamous is not natural for human beings. It takes work. Deep down we all know ... OLIVER MARKUS I thought for a moment about the dog. Miffy. I guess no matter how much Rube and I complained about ... MARKUS ZUSAK The sexier the other woman is, the more jealous your wife gets. And that's where slut shaming comes ... OLIVER MARKUS ... And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever. MARKUS ZUSAK ***A SMALL THEORY*** People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and its ends, bu... MARKUS ZUSAK The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of h... MARKUS ZUSAK A couple of them were school beauty-queen pretty while a few were that more real-looking type. A rea... MARKUS ZUSAK My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. MARKUS ZUSAK It's probably not easy for a woman to understand what it's like to be a man. Imagine you're starving... OLIVER MARKUS It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on... MARKUS ZUSAK Awkward. That's exactly how it was when we walked over to our sister and stood on each side of ... MARKUS ZUSAK When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back. MARKUS ZUSAK I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I ... MARKUS ZUSAK I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn... MARKUS ZUSAK The city was dark except for the building lights that seemed to appear like sores - like bandaids ha... MARKUS ZUSAK The happening that happened was that I met this girl ... MARKUS ZUSAK Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397 When no tensions are confronted and overcome, because... MARKUS BARTH Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 It i... MARKUS BARTH Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 It seems clear that those people who p... MARKUS BARTH A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe ... MARKUS ZUSAK Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particu... MARKUS ZUSAK It’s a small story really, about, among other things: * A girl * Some words MARKUS ZUSAK A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at... MARKUS ZUSAK I am haunted by humans. MARKUS ZUSAK Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you'... MARKUS ZUSAK Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?" ... MARKUS ZUSAK One was a book thief. The other stole the sky. MARKUS ZUSAK People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that ... MARKUS ZUSAK I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there. MARKUS ZUSAK A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you? MARKUS ZUSAK She was saying goodbye and she didn't even know it. MARKUS ZUSAK My heart is so tired MARKUS ZUSAK The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly ... MARKUS ZUSAK I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]... MARKUS ZUSAK His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and... MARKUS ZUSAK How about a kiss, Saumensch ?" He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments l... MARKUS ZUSAK If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laug... MARKUS ZUSAK Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometim... MARKUS ZUSAK A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship. MARKUS ZUSAK Even death has a heart. MARKUS ZUSAK I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her a... MARKUS ZUSAK It kills me sometimes, how people die. MARKUS ZUSAK Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. MARKUS ZUSAK I haven't had much contact with Mayer. I don't know what he has done wrong now or why he shouldn't c... MARKUS GANDLER I just don't understand what is going on here. We have nothing to do with Walter Mayer. MARKUS GANDLER Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the colo... MARKUS ZUSAK I kept walking. Have you ever done that? Just walk. Just walk and have no idea where you're going? I... MARKUS ZUSAK There are still some significant differences of opinion. But a century ago, pacifists were guilty of... MARKUS FURRER I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they we... MARKUS WOLF As we walk back, it feels like the city is engulfing us. Adrenalin still pours through our veins. Sp... MARKUS ZUSAK I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love mo... MARKUS ZUSAK You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unli... MARKUS WOLF She stood up and took the book from him, and as he smiled over his shoulder at some other kids, she ... MARKUS ZUSAK I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about this whole topic, though most people find t... MARKUS ZUSAK ... I felt something and vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or... MARKUS ZUSAK It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowm... MARKUS ZUSAK ***HERE IS A SMALL FACT*** You are going to die. MARKUS ZUSAK Había una vez un hombre bajito y extraño que decidió tres cosas importantes acerca de su vida: MARKUS ZUSAK أحياناً تقوم بقراءة كتاب من روعته تريد اصطحابه معك لعد�... MARKUS ZUSAK She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her. MARKUS ZUSAK If they killed him tonight, at least he would die alive. MARKUS ZUSAK And you're Cameron Wolfe. That' gotta start meaning somethin' boy. That's gotta start churnin' insid... MARKUS ZUSAK There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured importa... MARKUS WOLF Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children. MARKUS ZUSAK It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun. MARKUS ZUSAK They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the... MARKUS ZUSAK It makes me wonder, Do we spend most of our days trying to remember or forget things? Do we spend mo... MARKUS ZUSAK We were maybe passing a little too much and not finishing the plays, but we're starting to move arou... MARKUS NASLUND ... because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it. It's the... MARKUS ZUSAK All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of t... MARKUS ZUSAK I think there's something to the old saying that women use sex to get love, and men use love to get ... OLIVER MARKUS I'd seen glimpses of a different me. It was a different me because in those increments of time I tho... MARKUS ZUSAK The bittersweetness of uncertainty: To win or to lose. MARKUS ZUSAK I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in... MARKUS ZUSAK Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his ther... MARKUS ZUSAK Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny. CHRISTOPHER MARKUS God is Santa Claus for Grown-Ups. OLIVER MARKUS The Gunman is useless. I know it. He knows it. The whole bank knows it. MARKUS ZUSAK Why can’t the world hear? I ask myself. Within a few moments I ask it many times. Because it doesn... MARKUS ZUSAK We both laugh and run and the moment is so thick around me that i feel like dropping into it to let ... MARKUS ZUSAK I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything. MARKUS ZUSAK When her hands reached out and poured the tea, it was as if she also poured something into me while ... MARKUS ZUSAK Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation. MARKUS ZUSAK Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever.... MARKUS ZUSAK My full name's Ed Kennedy. I'm nineteen. I'm an underage cab driver. I'm typical of many of the youn... MARKUS ZUSAK What would you do if you were me? Tell me. Please tell me! But you're far from this. Your finge... MARKUS ZUSAK My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true. MARKUS ZUSAK Big things are often just little things that people notice. MARKUS ZUSAK Of course you're real-like any thought or any story. It's real when you're in it. MARKUS ZUSAK She soon says, "You're my best friend, Ed." You can kill a man with those words. No gun. MARKUS ZUSAK It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it. Usually, we walk aroun... MARKUS ZUSAK That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero a... MARKUS ZUSAK I'm just another stupid human. MARKUS ZUSAK If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live... MARKUS ZUSAK People die of broken hearts. They have heart attacks. And it's the heart that hurts most when things... MARKUS ZUSAK Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. MARKUS ZUSAK I think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too. MARKUS ZUSAK My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy. MARKUS ZUSAK I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message. MARKUS ZUSAK You can kill a man with those words. No gun. No bullets. Just words and a girl. MARKUS ZUSAK I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it. MARKUS ZUSAK Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this. MARKUS ZUSAK It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed... MARKUS ZUSAK Socks comprised of 60 to 80 percent cotton woven with 15 to 20 percent nylon also showed a higher CO... MARKUS SMILEY Appearances are there to be ignored, for the biggest hearts may reside in the smallest and unlikelie... MARKUS HEITZ I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply est... MARKUS ZUSAK