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You cannot poison what is between us with your foul words. She is my light in the darkness and Johnny is my pathway ahead.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Darkness
Words
Cannot
Pathway
Light
Johnny
Pathways
Foul
Poison
Ahead

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