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If the soul cannot find its jacket. it is condemned to an eternity of wandering--naked and alone

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Anne Fadiman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: August 7
Author
Essayist
Journalist
New York City
New York
Alone
Cannot
Jacket
Soul
Jackets
Find
Wandering
Condemned
Wander
Naked
Eternity

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