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Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

Florence King

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
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Breed
Familiarity
Contempt

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