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One beach-colored. One brown. One Loved. One Loved a Little Less.

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Arundhati Roy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: September 24
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy
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He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.
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If you're happy in a dream, does that count?
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Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.
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