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Memory is the fourth dimension to any landscape.

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
Memory
Memories
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here, here is my dark world. you carry it for a change. im out
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