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Anyone who has spent a few nights in a tent during a storm can tell you: The world doesn't care all that much if you live or die.

Anthony Doerr

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Anthony Doerr
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 27
Author Of Novels
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
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Storm
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Anyone
Dies
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