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The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.

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Markus Zusak
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Look
Falling
Looks
Sky
Feel
Alive
Feels
Stars
Like
Lying
Fall
Lost
Upward
Night
Abyss

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