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I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Hold
Hands
Would
Clutch
Emptiness

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