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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Necessary
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Necklace
Necklaces
Beautiful
Beads
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Knots
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Keeping
Seemed
Painful

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