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And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no problem.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Safer
Mad
Handle
Someone
Problem
Love

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