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Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.
Daphne Guinness
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Daphne Guinness
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 9
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Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness
Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
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