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I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
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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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Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart.
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Perhaps this is the only real evil left.
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I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.
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Your love to others, and their love for you, that the increase of love in life itself around you, is what matters.
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I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions
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I am deeply discouraged by Catholic Bishops who say Catholics cannot support same sex marriage in our secular culture.
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