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You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Anything
Nothing
Real
Breaks
Ground
Gets
Break
Fall

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