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He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in a world full of strangers.

Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier
Age: 75 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 17
Died: 2000
Died: November 2
Author
Journalist
Writer
Bay State
Robert Edmund Cormier
Full
Swept
Someone
Survivor
Like
Strangers
World
Beach
Stranger
Penetrating
Sadness
Desolate
Leaving
Washed
Deep
Lone

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