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The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is fresh promise and wonder in the skies.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Great
Ice
Announce
Fresh
Endings
Rings
Beginnings
Sky
Suspended
Air
Skies
Promise
Bell
Wonder
Miraculous
Inspirational
Bells
Translucent

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Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.
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One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown.
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