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a certain bohemian, good-witch sort of charm
Michael Cunningham
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Michael Cunningham
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 6
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Dear Leonard. To look life in the face. Always to look life in the face and to know it for what it is. At last to know it. To love it for what it is, and then, to put it away. Leonard. Always the years between us. Always the years. Always the love. Always the hours.
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