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I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never, ever get.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Ever
Feel
Feels
Trying
Desperation
Kind
Flying
Something
Lows
Never
Constant
Felt

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