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My tears simply broke through the fragile wallthat had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my head upon the table and let them drain out of me.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Feelings
Held
Shame
Drain
Tears
Drains
Terrible
Laid
Simply
Fragile
Head
Table
Feeling
Broke
Upon
Tables

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