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I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.

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Matthew Quick
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Needs
Believe
Desperately
Greatly
Suffered
Arms
Woman
Beautiful

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