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We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen.

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Novelist
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Highland Park
Illinois
Chosen
Seek
Sin
Pay
Remember
Fathom
Scarce
Sins

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