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There are moments when you can only stand and stare, watching the world forget you as you remove yourself from it - when you overcome it and cease to exist as the person you were.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Person
Cease
World
Overcoming
Watching
Exist
Stand
Stare
Forget
Staring
Moments
Remove
Persons
Overcome

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