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You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in you, out. Escape into the open.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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St Paul
Minnesota
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It's amazing how smart the body is. Though maybe we could do without loving. I think it's overrated, and I think it's too hard. You should only love your children that is necessary, because otherwise you might kill them. But to love a man? It's overrated, and it's too hard and I will never, ever do it again.
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I hate banana bread. It's too suspicious-looking. I always thought the cooked banana looked like insect legs.
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