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Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread rarely is it only a door.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Wonderful
Thing
Dread
Rarely
Door
Fronts
Sight
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