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Have faith, Ed, all right?' I search the coffee mug, but there's none in there.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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I watch the beauty for as long as I can, then turn and face the rest of it.
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No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.
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Even death has a heart.
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The bittersweetness of uncertainty: To win or to lose.
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When a person's last response was Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch, you knew you had them beaten.
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