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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
Writer
Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
People
Flesh
Diseases
Loving
Deadly
Brittle
Lifetime
Vulnerability
Condemns
Disease
Fragile
Bundles
Conscious
Billions
Painfully
Fear
Vulnerable
Germs
Someone
Bones
Grounds
Become
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Breeding

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