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Ravens are the birds I'll miss most when I die. If only the darkness into which we must look were composed of the black light of their limber intelligence. If only we did not have to die at all. Instead, become ravens.
Louise Erdrich
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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
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Little Falls
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