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The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Fullness
Places
Women
Life
Messy

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I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.
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Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.
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There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.
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You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.
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One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.
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People who are combative in one relationship tend to be combative in other relationships.
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