That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most …

Markus Zusak
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That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
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That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.

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