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I felt alone on the planet, drifting through the cosmos. With both hands I reached out to the night. There was no answer. Or maybe I just couldn't hear it.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Drifting
Hear
Cosmos
Alone
Reached
Maybe
Felt
Planet
Night
Planets
Hands
Answer
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Answers

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