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The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.

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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
Atheist
Atheism
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Nihilism
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Cocky
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