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It seemed that we loved each other better when there were large swaths of two continents between us. The daily work of love was often hard to perform at home.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Love
Large
Loved
Often
Swaths
Two
Continents
Home
Perform
Better
Daily
Hard
Seemed
Work
Distance

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