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When you grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has it's own country and that it's round and borderless.

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Ani DiFranco
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 23
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You broke me bodily. The heart ain't the half of it, And I'll never learn to laugh at it In my good natured way. In fact, I'm laughing less in general, But I learned a lot at my own funeral. And I knew you'd be the death of me, So I guess that's the price I pay.
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