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If a piece of knotted string can unleash the wind, and if a drowned man can awaken, then I believe a broken man can heal.

Annie Proulx

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Annie Proulx
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 22
Author
Journalist
Librettist
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Norwich
Connecticut
E. Annie Proulx
E.A. Proulx
Edna Annie Proulx
Edna Ann Proulx
Piece
Broken
Knotted
Wind
Unleash
Pieces
Drowned
Believe
Awaken
Men
String
Strings
Heal

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