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Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
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Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
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Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Tuition
Homework
Painful
High
School
Best
Love

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