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Age plays cruel tricks on the human face all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.

Sue Grafton

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
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Louisville
Kentucky
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