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To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Long
Cry
Like
Sun
Tensions
Pressure
Pressures
Filled
Sorts
Dark
Waking
Dream
Tension
Littles
Release
Little
Ugly

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