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Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart—had a mate. A rightness. She’d always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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