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The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
Illinois
Love
Deprives
Passionately
Sleep
Problem
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