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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are - bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Someone
Bones
Grounds
Become
Horrible
Breeding
People
Flesh
Diseases
Loving
Deadly
Brittle
Lifetime
Vulnerability
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Disease
Fragile
Bundles
Conscious
Billions
Painfully
Fear
Vulnerable
Germs

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