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for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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Always
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Soon evening worked its way into the sky, and the city hunched itself down.
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When a person's last response was Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch, you knew you had them beaten.
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I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.
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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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