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A strong relationship is an honest relationship, and no honest relationship is all peaches and cream. Love is the key. Where love abides, anger is but a passing visitor.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Anger
Keys
Abides
Relationship
Visitor
Honest
Peaches
Strong
Visitors
Love
Cream
Passings
Passing

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