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How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Failing
Often
Someone
Look
Looks
Really
Wondered
Fail

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