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The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.
John Updike
John Updike
John Updike
Born: Mar 18, 1932
Died: Jan 27, 2009

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Innocent, Own, Innocence, Self, Knows, Tastes, Essential, Ever, Lives

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