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Competence was attractive.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Competence
Attractive

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Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
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Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.
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