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Love is not some complex, mystical abstraction. It is something accessible and human that we learn through our everyday experience, as often at times of failure as in moments of ecstasy.

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
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LA
California
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia
Humans
Everyday
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Failure
Love
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Accessible
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Abstraction
Often
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Ecstasy
Moments
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