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Intense fear comes in waves the body can't stand it for long at a time.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
Author
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Screenwriter
Writer
Jackson
Tennessee
William Thomas Harris III
Body
Long
Time
Waves
Intense
Wave
Stand
Fear
Comes

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