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Even when I look straight into the milky blue eyes I can't find myself any more. When did I stop being me?

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Blue
Stop
Eyes
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Find
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Milky
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