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... We Die, Just As We Were Born, At The Edge Of A Road Not Of Our Choosing.
-Amin Maalouf
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... We Die, Just As We Were
Amin Maalouf
... We Die, Just As We Were Born, At The Edge Of A Road Not Of Our Choosing.
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