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Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Around
Kneeling
Book
Designed
Range
Clearly
Mountain
Leave
Written
Erected
Found
Rubble

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