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Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Wonder
Heaviest
Even
Stops
Time
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Tiny
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