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Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.

Bill Vaughan

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Life
Conviction
Mangled
Organization
Agonies
Trust
Poignant
Reason
Deceived
Whole
Deceit
Heart
Agony
Lacerated
Time
Placed
Annihilates
Love
Leaves
Harrowing

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