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...we were like two people standing apart on separate mountain peaks, recklessly leaning forward to throw stones at one another, unaware of the dangerous chasm that separated us.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Two
Apart
Recklessly
Like
Throw
Chasm
People
Stones
Chasms
Mountain
Peaks
Forward
Leaning
Standing
Unaware
Dangerous
Separated
Another
Separate

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