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You will soon discover that in matters of the heart, memories are much kinder than reality

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
Author
Novelist
Writer
San Luis Obispo
California
Heart
Much
Kinder
Discover
Matters
Soon
Memories
Reality
Matter

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