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Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.

Corrie Ten Boom

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Corrie Ten Boom
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: April 15
Died: 1983
Died: April 15
Author
Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
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Life
Loosely
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