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Love is big. Love makes room for conflicting feelings.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Rooms
Bigs
Feelings
Makes
Love
Conflicting
Room

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