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The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Heart
Slow
Like
Leaves
None
Remains
Dies
Geisha
Hope
Shedding
Death
Heartbreaking
Nothing
Hopes

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