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Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.

Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
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Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Monroeville
Alabama
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Snarl
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Shoelaces
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Union
Fasten
Without
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Compelled
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