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Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mortals
Findings
Finding
Loving
Beings
Dying
Thing
Bravest
People
Mortal

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