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Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
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Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
Illinois
Hardwired
Gravity
Structure
Universe
Matter
Love

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