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The bombs were coming-and so was I.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Bombs
Coming

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Competence was attractive.
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A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?
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Outside is dark. The kitchen light is loud. It deafens me as I walk towards it.
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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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Shadows of cloud lurked in the water, like holes the sun forgot about.
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You see, to me, for just a moment, despite all of the colors that touch and grapple with what I see in this world, I will often catch an eclipse when a human dies. I've seen millions of them. I've seen more eclipses than I care to remember
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The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.
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I watch the beauty for as long as I can, then turn and face the rest of it.
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The flyscreen door slammed behind me. My feet dragged. I reached each arm into the jacket. Warm sleeves. Crumpled collar. Hands in pockets. Okay. I walked.
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I love and hate this place because it is full of words.
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