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The problem with falling in love is falling back out of it again, usually because you've fallen in love with a lie. That happens as often as not.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Back
Fallen
Love
Falling
Usually
Lying
Often
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