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hope and uncertainty [are] the twin ingredients necessary for romance to thrive. ... Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope, or fails as often, as love.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Nothing
Uncertainty
Much
Excitement
Romance
Love
Begins
Twin
Necessary
Twins
Failing
Fails
Hope
Ingredients
Often
Thrive

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