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What an unbearable sorrow it would be, to realized I'd never really tasted to things I'd eaten, or seen the places I'd been. What life would I have? I would be like the dancer who had practiced since childhood for a performance she would never give.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
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