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You are wise as well as short. I can also break bricks with my bare hands. That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now.
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