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Gazing into the mirror, I saw myself as I was-a black silhouette in the room, a woman whose darkness had completely leaked through.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Rooms
Gazing
Woman
Mirror
Black
Mirrors
Saws
Whose
Completely
Leaked
Darkness
Silhouette
Room
Silhouettes

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