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I had forgotten what sleep is like - a kingdom all its own.

Anne Truitt

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Anne Truitt
Age: 83 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 16
Died: 2004
Died: December 23
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Baltimore
Maryland
Anne Dean Truitt
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Forgotten
Sleep

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