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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Untouched
Desperation
Central
Confusion
Totally
Grief
Self

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