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Perhaps God waits for us to be empty, so he may fill us with himself.

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Rick Yancey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Miami
Florida
Richard Yancey
William James Henry
Will Henry
Empty
Perhaps
Waiting
May
Waits
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