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But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.

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Pat Conroy
Age: 70 †
Born: 1945
Born: October 26
Died: 2016
Died: March 4
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Basketball Player
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Atlanta
Georgia
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