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He loves the sparkling fountains and their cascades and says the strangest things as he watches them. they look like stars breaking. Or, They look like Mama's diamonds. Or, They look like all the souls in heaven.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
Author
Novelist
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Port Chester
New York
Heaven
Fountain
Soul
Diamond
Look
Breaking
Cascade
Looks
Souls
Fountains
Things
Loves
Strangest
Like
Watches
Sparkling
Says
Diamonds
Stars
Mama

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