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I would do exactly what you are doing: I would talk to everyone I needed to, I would not tell too many people his name. When I was sure, she said, I would find a quiet way, and I would kill him.
Alice Sebold
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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
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