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Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.

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
Enemies
Distance
Discipline
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Enemy
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Keep
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Partners

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Go carefully, child of mat, where no mercy can be had, and let your faith lead you on.
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