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I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Good
Clarinet
Violin
Sister
Played
Discipline
Maybe
Passion

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I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing message, until eventually that was gone too.
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