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Accursed, blasted, heartless things [books]! Full of empty promises, full of false lures, always making you hungry, never satisfying you, never!

Cornelia Funke

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Cornelia Funke
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: December 10
Author
Illustrator
Screenwriter
Writer
Full
Heartless
Books
Lure
Making
Promises
Book
Satisfying
Always
False
Things
Hungry
Lures
Never
Empty
Accursed
Promise
Blasted

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