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This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are well and truly done. When a nice person shuts a door on you, it's shut for good.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Well
Doors
Niceness
Done
Nice
Shuts
Enough
Chance
Pushed
Many
Happens
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Persons
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