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The world was a world of dreaming souls who could not die.

Justin Cronin

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Justin Cronin
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
University Teacher
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Eastern States
Souls
Dies
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Dreaming

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Sara waited a respectful time, knowing there was nothing she could do to ease the woman's pain. Grief was a place, Sara understood, where a person went alone. It was like a room without doors, and what happened in that room, all the anger and the pain you felt, was meant to stay there, nobody's business but yours.
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