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one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill.
Patricia Highsmith
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Patricia Highsmith
Age: 74 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 19
Died: 1995
Died: February 4
Comics Writer
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Fort Worth
Texas
Mary Patricia Plangman
Claire Morgan
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