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After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Water
Pond
Fear
Ponds
Even
Trauma
Dropped
Continues
Stone
Stones
Quivering
Bottom
Sunk

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