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To see the years touch ye gives me joy, he whispered, for it means that ye live.

Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Williams
Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
Means
Live
Giving
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Years
Whispered
Touch
Gives
Joy

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