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If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.

Donna Jo Napoli

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Donna Jo Napoli
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 28
Linguist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Water
Fall
Left
Stills
Still
May
Literary
Matter
Saved
Life
Matters

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