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The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.

Anne Rice

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rampling
Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Perfect
Violent
Melodic
Often
Laughter
Choked
Truth
Flow
Surrendered
Always
Laughing
Weeping
Joy
Humiliation
Happiness
Flows
Strangled
Half
Fought
Riff
Sound
Sounds
Effortlessly

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