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If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Leaks
Land
Soul
Ever

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When death captures me, the boy vowed, he will feel my fist in his face. (31.26)
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...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.
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As a child in Sydney, my German Mum and my Austrian Dad would spontaneously tell me stories about what they saw and what they did as children. It was like a piece of Europe coming into our house... Those stories led me to my writing.
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