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We shall live even in this state of living death, we shall love, we shall feel, we shall defy all who would judge and destroy us.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rampling
Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
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