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Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.
Kate Atkinson
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Kate Atkinson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 20
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He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.
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Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.
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As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some that only exist in the imagination, like the bluebirds that fly over the rainbow.
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Oh, God. What was happening to her, she was turning into a normal person.
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