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The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways.
Mary Ann Shaffer
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Mary Ann Shaffer
Age: 73 †
Born: 1934
Born: December 13
Died: 2008
Died: February 16
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
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This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.
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Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.
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I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be if it turns out to be true.
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