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I was seduced by secrets, which are to true love as artificial sweetener is to sugar, calorie-free but in the long run carcinogenic, not the real thing, and only a peculiar aftertaste in the mouth to tell you so, to warn you.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
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