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We can only die in the future, I thought right now we are always alive.

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Amy Hempel
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
Journalist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Dies
Future
Thought
Right
Always
Alive

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consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless.
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He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.
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