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To lose love is a terrible thing. But to turn away from it is unbearable. Will you spend the rest of your life replaying it in your head? Wondering if you walked away too soon or too easily? Or if you'll ever love anyone that deeply again?

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Love
Turn
Deeply
Life
Head
Easily
Wonder
Soon
Anyone
Spend
Turns
Terrible
Replaying
Away
Lose
Unbearable
Ever
Rest
Wondering
Thing
Loses
Walked

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