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The shadow of years was not as big on his small body. He knew I was away . But when people left they always came back.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
People
Came
Bigs
Left
Away
Body
Back
Shadow
Years
Knew
Always
Small

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