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Fervor is a fire that makes things boil and grow hot, just as fire causes water to boil. It is, properly speaking, charity on fire, and that is what you should have because a Daughter without Charity is like a body without a soul.

St. Vincent

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St. Vincent
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 28
Composer
Guitarist
Multi-Instrumentalist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Annie Erin Clark
Anne Erin Annie Clark
Anne Erin Clark
Annie Clark
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