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Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Around
Voiced
Many
Willfully
Every
Springs
People
Swimming
Hot
Sadness
Spring
Slouch
Simply
Mouthed

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