Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and lau…

Markus Zusak
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Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid any awkward moment when the realness of reality sticks its fork into our flesh, leaving us standing there, together. I want to stay here, in this moment, and never go to other places, where we don't know what to say or what to do. ✨ Markus Zusak (2007). I Am the Messenger, p.155, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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