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When they first kiss, there on the beach, they will kneel at the edge of the Pacific and say a prayer of thanks, sending all the stories of love inside them out in a fleet of bottles all across the oceans of the world.
Francesca Lia Block
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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 63
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
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