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I wanted to dissolve into the floor, mixing myself with the hard stone. A stone had a single purpose: to be. No complicated promises, no worries and no feelings.
Maria V. Snyder
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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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