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The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Berri
South Australia
Australia
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Fool
Occasion
Unguarded
Feeling
Glimpse
Uncanny
Forget
Rare
Briefly
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Artifice
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Mirror
Stripped
Girl
Mirrors
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Feelings
Caught
Forgets
Moments
Oneself
Repose

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