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I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the days' sweat.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Skins
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Calloused
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