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I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.

Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Writer
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
Giver
Sorry
Stupid
Strange
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