Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. 'There …

Markus Zusak
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Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. 'There were stars,' He said. 'They burned my eyes.’ ...from a Himmel street window, he wrote, the stars set fire to my eyes.
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