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When I was young, we didn't have indie games. We had 'garage developers' or similar terms, who were just small teams making games out of passion.


Markus Persson

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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