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Of course the New Testament is very small. Its mouth opens four times as out-of-date as a prehistoric monster, yet somehow man-made.

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
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Opens
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Testament
Small
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Four
Monsters
Times
Mouth
Made
Somehow
Men
Mouths
Prehistoric
Bible
Monster

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