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But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?

Alexander McCall Smith

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Alexander McCall Smith
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 24
Novelist
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Alexander Sandy McCall Smith
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Lying
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