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I was then at the height of my two-facedness: that is, outside I seemed one way, inside I was another outside false, inside true.

Jamaica Kincaid

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Jamaica Kincaid
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 25
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Elanie Potter Richardson
Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson
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