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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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Question
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Dies
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Always
Dying

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