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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Crime
Cursed
Hear
Chest
Heart
Chests
Like
Breath
Breaths
Beat
Deathly
Smell
Circular
Beats
Revolving

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