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There is no pain on this earth like seeing the same woman look at another man the way she once looked at you.

Walker Percy

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Walker Percy
Age: 73 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 28
Died: 1990
Died: May 10
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Novelist
Philosopher
Physician
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Birmingham
Alabama
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Woman
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Another

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