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Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
Author
Novelist
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University Teacher
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
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