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If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Without
Feel
Feels
Love
Mistaking
Oblivious
Laughter
Laughing
Knowing

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