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That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of me, like a dark star guiding me home.

Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Stars
River
Smudge
Dark
Evening
Smoky
Home
Ahead
Rowing
Always
Rivers
Dusk
Like
Star
Guiding
Turned
Occasional
Saws
Slightly
Quiet
Sunset

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