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My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Silence
Sleep
Snarls
Eyes
Drops
Eye
Measured
Thought
Awake
Trying
Wide
Time
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