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I think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 50
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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Thinking
Salad
Soup
Loneliness

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