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Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.

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Jonathan Carroll
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 26
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Samuel Carroll
Children
Excellent
Thing
Weather
Coffee
Smile
Cold
Growing
Saves
Child
Smallest
Sometimes
Cups

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