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So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can go and hold someone's hand and not have to say anything.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
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