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There are things we want, and things we may have.... Sanity lies in knowing the difference.

Karen Chance

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Karen Chance
Age: 24
Born: 2000
Born: January 1
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Orlando
Florida
Differences
Knowing
Lying
May
Things
Sanity
Lies
Difference

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