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Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Rose
Beauty
Forever
Thorns
Roses
Tempted
Fades
English

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