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I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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Drown
Unless
Persons
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