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I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.

Janet Fitch

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Janet Fitch
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
Time
Floating
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Horizon
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Sea
Felt
Turtle
Back
Sails
Great
Turtles

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