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Perhaps, said the man, you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Men
Agreeable
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Perhaps
Company
Lost
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Others
Much
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