Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned co…

Markus Zusak
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Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. ✨ Markus Zusak (2014). Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger, p.406, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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