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It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words.

Anne Rice

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
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Screenwriter
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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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