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Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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Imagination
Break
Beauty
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Living
Trading
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Disappointment
Heart
Hearts
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