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Maybe any love we ever have is an angel in whatever form.

Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
Editor
Novelist
Poet
Writer
LA
California
Angel
Maybe
Whatever
Form
Ever
Love

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