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February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 31
Author
Missionary
Novelist
Writer
Katherine Womeldorf Paterson
Defenses
Malicious
February
Plain
Defense

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