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You want to give him the book of his own life, the book that will locate him, parent him, arm him for the changes.
Michael Cunningham
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Michael Cunningham
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 6
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Her cake is a failure, but she is loved anyway. She is loved, she thinks, in more or less the way the gifts will be appreciated: because they have been given with good intentions , because they exist, because they are part of a world in which one wants what one gets.
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. . . he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting.
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I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
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