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Wordlessly I looked back at him, astonished that a kiss on the palm could be so intimate.

Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Kiss
Intimate
Kissing
Looked
Back
Wordlessly
Astonished
Palm
Palms

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