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I only know that all of those people would have sensed me that night, excluding the youngest of the children. I was the suggestion. I was the advice, my imagined feet walking into the kitchen and down the corridor.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Night
Youngest
Children
Suggestion
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Suggestions
People
Imagined
Kitchen
Corridor
Advice
Excluding
Walking
Sensed
Feet
Corridors

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