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There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them.

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Julia Quinn
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 12
Author
Writer
Evergreen State
Julie Cotler
Julie Pottinger
Afraid
Ought
Things
Life
Strangeness
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