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There was pain, but there was also joy. It was in the tension between the two that life happened. Imperfect as it was, this world was real. Illusion was no substitute. I'd rather live a hard life of fact than a sweet life of lies.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Life
Fact
Tension
World
Pain
Illusion
Facts
Lies
Two
Sweet
Also
Joy
Live
Happened
Substitute
Hard
Lying
Substitutes
Real
Rather
Imperfect

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