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You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make- your very heartbeat, almost.

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Secret
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Thought
Heartbeat
Every
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