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Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness.
Paullina Simons
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Paullina Simons
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply. Nothing but growing my pain into madness.
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