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Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out?

Marisha Pessl

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Love
Eye
Core
Lives
Step
Fear
Cutting
Precipice
Shows
Walk
Cuts
Back
Strength
Mortal
Look
Steps
Crucial
Looks
Walks
Cover
Thing
Eyes
Mortals

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