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To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.

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Kate Millett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2017
Died: September 6
Feminist
Film Director
Painter
Photographer
Public Figure
Sculptor
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Katherine Murray Millett
Love
Return
Grow
Simply
Expects
Grows
Expand
Another
Demands
Become
Appreciation
Live
Allow
Nothing
Demand

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