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This was the start of a period that blurs as I try to recall it. Incidents seem to cascade and merge. Events become feelings, fellings become events. Head and heart are contrary historians.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Seems
Contrary
Merge
Heart
Periods
Blur
Trying
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Historians
Events
Incidents
Head
Recall
Start
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Period
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