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...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre.

Laurie R. King

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Laurie R. King
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: September 19
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Oakland
California
Laurie King
Leigh Richards
Survived
Carried
Madness
Somehow
Within
Around
Turmoil
Acted
Centre

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