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We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if we are to have any happiness at all, it is only in the passing instant.

Charles Frazier

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Charles Frazier
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: November 4
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Asheville
North Carolina
Pain
Passings
Strong
Instant
Enough
Passing
Life
Endless
Grief
Constant
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Drone
Happiness
Drones

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