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I guess that anything we manage to save from history is a miracle.

Donna Tartt

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Donna Tartt
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: December 23
Novelist
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Greenwood
Mississippi
Donna Louise Tartt
Manage
Miracle
Save
Guess
History
Anything

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In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.
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