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I'm not going anywhere, she told me that night. But until we are old ladies-a cypress age, a Sawtooth age-I will continue to link arms with her, in public, in private, in a panic of love.

Karen Russell

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Karen Russell
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 10
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