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This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection.

Ellen Hopkins

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Love
Sex
Sweet
Realize
Pits
Realizing
Stomach
Feel
Connection
Feels
Kiss
Heart
Connections
Time
Kissing

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