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If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.

Matthew Quick

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Sun
Keep
Trying
Lining
Blocking
Always
Reminds
Silver
Block
Clouds

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