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Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does.

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Jessica Zafra
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Columnist
Fiction Writer
Republic of the Philippines
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