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Think long and hard before offering your heart to someone who can only accept it part-time

Ellen Hopkins

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Long
Time
Offering
Think
Accept
Thinking
Accepting
Someone
Part
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