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Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey. Nothing shakes the heart so much as meeting-far, far away-what you last met at home.

Cynthia Ozick

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Cynthia Ozick
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: April 17
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Much
Journey
Discloses
Lasts
Unfamiliar
Last
Shakes
Away
Meeting
Ends
Meetings
Home
Familiar
Nothing
Mets
Heart
Travel

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