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I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.

Markus Zusak

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Markus Zusak
Age: 50
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
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Writing
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A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?
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I thought what if death is more like thinking, well, war is like the boss at your shoulder, constantly wanting more, wanting more, wanting more, and then that gave me the idea that Death is weary, he's fatigued, and he's haunted by what he sees humans do to each other because he's on hand for all of our great miseries.
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Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
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I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything.
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But for now, happiness throws stones. It guards itself. I wait.
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Why me?' I ask God. God says nothing. I laugh and the stars watch. It's good to be alive.
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