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Such things as anguish, woe, affliction, guilt, feelings of awfulness, and utter wretchedness, the bread and butter of Days of Yore and Russians, sadly have very little staying power in these lickety-split Modern Times.
Marisha Pessl
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Marisha Pessl
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
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Clarkston
Michigan
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