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

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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
Dawn
Fear
Night
Ends
Light
Must
Blackest
Dispel
Dreamer

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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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