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He must have smiled at me, though I don't really know, but I don't like to think that I would love someone who hadn't first smiled at me.

Jamaica Kincaid

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Jamaica Kincaid
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 25
Novelist
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University Teacher
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St John's
Elanie Potter Richardson
Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson
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