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The state of love is this constant flux back and forth between who's saving and who's rescuing, who's wanting and not wanting, who's needing and who isn't. It's always going back and forth between two people who are actually attached.
Jane Alison
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Jane Alison
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 1
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