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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

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
Dispel
Dreamer
Dawn
Fear
Night
Ends
Light
Must
Blackest

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