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If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee.

Alice Sebold

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Alice Sebold
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 6
Novelist
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Love
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Hours
Upon
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Earth
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Thee

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