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They had, finally, the only thing anyone really wants in life: someone to hold your hand when you die.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Hands
Someone
Thing
Finally
Really
Hold
Life
Wants
Hand
Anyone
Dies

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