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We create our own worlds. We destroy our own worlds. It is that simple.

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Patricia Cornwell
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: June 9
Art Collector
Crime Writer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Miami
Florida
Patricia Carroll Daniels
Worlds
Destroy
Create
Simple
World

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