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There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Wrong
Fearing
Faces
Awkward
Ever
Welcome
Thing
Sorrow
Kind
Comfort
Things
Arms
Word
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Consoling

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