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The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the trip- the relative you cringe to kiss.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Trying
Help
Trip
Always
Moving
Version
Helping
Relative
Keep
Ignore
Reality
Versions
Ends
Kiss
Relocating
Problem
Kissing
Impoverished
Might
Waiting
Cringe

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