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It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

Ann Patchett

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Ann Patchett
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: November 2
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There was such an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal-to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second. Rightfully, the world should be a whirlpool of kissing into which we sank and never found the strength to rise up again.
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