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Because, she said, that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give to the behavior of those who would disrupt the orderly way in which men want to live.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
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Anne O'Brien
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Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
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