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If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Age: 87 †
Born: 1927
Born: March 6
Died: 2014
Died: April 17
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