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Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough.

Janet Morris

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
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Cold
Purpose
Night
Valor
Enough
Nights
Love
Determination
Loneliness

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