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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

Ann Landers

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Pleasure
Sensual
Happy
Fleeting
Love
Wedding
Pleasures
Comet
Sunset
Comets
Lovely
Tranquillity
Quiet
Sensuality
Marriage
Brilliance

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