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The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.

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Joanne Harris
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 3
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Damn
Dead
Give
Everything
Giving

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Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
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