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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.

Kate Morton

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

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