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When we met I was wrecked, blasted, and damned, and I am slowly pulling myself together because I can see that you are a human being and I would like to be one, too.

Audrey Niffenegger

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Audrey Niffenegger
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 13
Artist
Author
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
University Teacher
Visual Artist
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South Haven
Michigan
Humans
Blasted
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