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Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? -Eriond

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
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Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
Forgive
Forgiving
Easier
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