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For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Always
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Legend
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Tale
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Legends
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Distant
May
Tales
Play
Witness
Every
Events
Shaping

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