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...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.
Markus Zusak
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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Sydney
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He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.
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The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill the aloneness. A few nights after that, he whispered “Shhh, I’m here, its alright.” After three weeks, he held her. Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness, his thereness.
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Outside is dark. The kitchen light is loud. It deafens me as I walk towards it.
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An attribute of Rosa Hubermann, she was a good woman for a crisis.
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My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.
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You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.
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... And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever.
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If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.
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I am hunted by humans.
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Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.
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I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.
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I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.
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I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes? You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement.
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