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the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

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Philippa Gregory
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 9
Novelist
Writer
Kenya's capital
Kate Wedd
Bird
Desire
Easy
Sings
Delight

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But I don't forget and I don't forgive.
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He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.
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En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.
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For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world.
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I have given my word that only death will take me from you.
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