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The world depends upon the small beating in your heart.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Heart
World
Beating
Depends
Small
Upon

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