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....both had learned that everything could change in an instant, and that the heartfelt vows of people in love were fragile words that, once shattered, could cut so deeply you'd bleed forever.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Cutting
Vows
Learned
Bleed
Forever
Heartfelt
Words
Vow
Change
Shattered
Everything
Fragile
Love
Instant
People
Deeply

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