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There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Anne Enright

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Anne Enright
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
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