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It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Temple
Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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Longed
Elusive
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