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Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.

Alice Hegan Rice

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Alice Hegan Rice
Age: 72 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 11
Died: 1942
Died: February 10
Novelist
Writer
Shelbyville
Kentucky
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Ways
Friendships
Start
Ending
Dies
Affair
Desire
Granted
Continuance
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Tend
Wither
Never
Friendship
Earnestly
Would
Unless
Nourished
Love
Taking
Surest

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