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Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
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Lying
Wake
Back
Step
Look
Outside
Looks
Among
Steps
Dead
Maybe
Morning
Sheets

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