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As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
Poet
Writer
Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
Cough
Concealed
Small
Cannot
Even
Love

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