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It struck me, sharp and hard, that I had been given so many chances to save my soul that my entire life had been constructed around these chances! That was my nature - going from temptation to temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

Anne Rice

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
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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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An evil for these times destined to move through the world in handsome human guise.
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