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The excitement of anticipation was *almost* equal to the thrill of lovemaking.

John Irving

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John Irving
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 2
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Exeter
New Hampshire
John Winslow Irving
Equal
Almost
Lovemaking
Anticipation
Thrill
Excitement

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