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I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Buddhist
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