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Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
Author
Novelist
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LA
California
Love
Thank
Telling
Doubted
Least
Russians
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Stairs
Understand
Cigarette
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Stopping
Without
Fallen
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Loud

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