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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
Words
Two
Past
Must
Love
Saddest
World
Sadness
Misery
Regret

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