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Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Teheran
Judith Rumelt
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Noticing
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Ladies
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