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I look at her wish we could go inside and make love on the couch. Dive inside each other. Take each other. Make each other. Nothing happens, though.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Happens
Look
Nothing
Dive
Looks
Couch
Take
Couches
Make
Inside
Love
Though
Wish

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