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When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines through you.

Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 12
Explorer
Journalist
Mountaineer
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Forgiveness
Forgiving
Shining
Light
Love
Shines
Godly
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