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...in some ways I relied on that- someone to keep me thinking, keep me striving to do better, keep me from burying my head and praying it all worked out.

Kelley Armstrong

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Kelley Armstrong
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
Novelist
Writer
city of Sudbury
Sarah
Ways
Head
Keep
Burying
Someone
Relied
Better
Striving
Way
Strive
Thinking
Praying
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