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We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.
Deb Caletti
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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
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San Rafael
California
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When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.
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