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Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.

Helen Rowland

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
Humorist
Journalist
Imagination
Common
Fall
Bottling
Sense
Consists
Love
Falling
Merely
Sight
Relationship

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