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Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.

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
Reminder
Reminders
Awareness
Pain
Death
Life
Redeems

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