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The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Naught
Flesh
Pain
Heart

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Love child! What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you will become more than before. What you make of it is yours to choose.
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There is no folly like the folly of the wise.
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