If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces o…

Markus Zusak
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If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train. ✨ Markus Zusak (2013). The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition, p.21, RH Childrens Books
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If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train. ✨ Markus Zusak (2013). The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition, p.21, RH Childrens Books

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