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Around us the night creatures have their say. We are surrounded by a symphony of crickets and frogs. Neither of us feels the need to speak, and I suppose that is one of the qualities I find comforting in Kartik. We can be alone together.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Feels
Alone
Symphony
Needs
Quality
Cricket
Speak
Comforting
Night
Surrounded
Around
Qualities
Together
Suppose
Find
Neither
Crickets
Need
Creatures
Frogs

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