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Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?

Leo Buscaglia

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Leo Buscaglia
Age: 74 †
Born: 1924
Born: March 31
Died: 1998
Died: June 12
Author
Novelist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
Thing
Keeps
Love
Judging
Heartbroken
Hold
Wrongs
Hope
Heartbreak
Pain
Cling
Moving
Goodbye
Past
Judge
Nothing
Yesterday

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