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She felt as if the world were tilting and she was clinging on helplessly, trying to keep from tumbling into a black abyss.

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Teheran
Judith Rumelt
World
Helplessly
Tumbling
Clinging
Abyss
Black
Felt
Keep
Trying
Tilting

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