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Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Special
Read
Around
Near
Book
Carry
Sometimes
Finished
Months
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