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I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.

Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
William Herman
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