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Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death one more death of the heart.

Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
Always
Punishable
Verdict
Offense
Ambition
Hope
Death
Heart

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