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Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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I fell in love once, if love be that cruelty which takes us straight to the gates of Paradise only to remind us they are closed for ever.
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