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Up to this point your life has pretty much sucked. You’re not responsible for that. But you are responsible for what happens from here on.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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I don't like the idea of you shivering unless I cause it. Stay warm. ----Roarke, Naked In Death
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