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Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

Louise Penny

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Louise Penny
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 1
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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Heart
Courage
Head
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Fear

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