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Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one.

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Orator
Writer
Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
Pleasurable
Romantic
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Mental
Love

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This idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature.
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Abandon the search for Truth settle for a good fantasy
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I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.
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I just write when fear overtakes me.
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if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.
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