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... how poorly do we love even those whom we love most! We are not only bruised by the limitations of their love for us, but also by the limitations of our own love for them.

Amelia Barr

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Amelia Barr
Autobiographer
Novelist
Writer
Silver Spring
Maryland
Amelia Barr
Amelia Edith Huddleston
Amelia E. Barr
Limitations
Limitation
Also
Even
Love
Bruised
Poorly

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