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But he knew instinctively what he suggested was impossible. She'd been through so much, and held her tears back for so long, that Royce doubted that anything could force her to shed them.

Judith McNaught

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
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San Luis Obispo
California
Knew
Impossible
Royce
Force
Instinctively
Anything
Doubted
Back
Suggested
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Shed
Long
Held
Tears

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