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We are like flowers always reaching up towards some shred of light. I find this wondrous, nearly magical, certainly brave.

Marisa Silver

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Marisa Silver
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 23
Author
Film Director
Screenwriter
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Flower
Shred
Certainly
Wondrous
Light
Magical
Find
Reaching
Always
Nearly
Like
Flowers
Towards
Brave

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