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Evie wanted to cry. From fear. From exhaustion, yes. But mostly from the cruel uselessness, the damned stupid arbitrariness of it all.
Libba Bray
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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Cruel
Mostly
Cry
Stupid
Arbitrariness
Fear
Evie
Wanted
Uselessness
Exhaustion
Damned
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