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I'll tell you what love is I said, It is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Love
Trust
World
Belief
Unquestioning
Tell
Submission
Soul
Utter
Self
Humiliation
Whole
Devotion
Giving
Blind
Heart
Friendship

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