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Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Cutting
Darkness
Lying
Fester
Fear
Wound
Truth
Cuts
May
Wounds
Clean
Lies

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