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Men can be very stupid. We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed in distant hills pales as dross compared to treasure we had in hand.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Hand
Hills
Gone
Treasure
Values
Cease
Pales
Hands
Gold
Glimpsed
Men
Value
Dross
Realize
Distant
Stupid
Pale
Realizing
Compared

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