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Or perhaps it is some combination of spirit and desire, love and hope, some alchemy that we each possess and can put to use, if we first know where to look without flinching.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
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Texas
United States
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