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Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Affection
Remains
Notoriously
Question
Fickle
Whether
Affections
Another
Observed
Heart
Shift
Regardless
Beast

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