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It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Laurell K. Hamilton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 19
Novelist
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Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
Frightens
Trait
Traits
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Humans

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