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She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Loves
Ocean
Serene
Air
Brutality
Felt
Wet
Power
Electric
Breath
Breaths

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