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And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.

Han Suyin

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Han Suyin
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: September 12
Died: 2012
Died: November 2
Autobiographer
Midwife
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Physician
Writer
Elizabeth Comber
Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou
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Tenderness
Kindness
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