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Didn't books say that too: that there is always price to pay for happiness?
Cornelia Funke
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Cornelia Funke
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
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Are you really going to catch us and take us back to Esther? We don’t belong to her, you know.” Embarrassed, Victor stared at his shoes. “Well, children all have to belong to somebody,” he muttered. “Do you belong to someone?” “That’s different.” “Because you’re a grown-up?
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