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The only time I see the truth is when I cross my eyes.

Louise Erdrich

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
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Crosses
Eyes
Eye
Truth
Time

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