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I understood finally that the thing I should have feared most was not loss, but never loving. The price for safety was the regret I felt at this moment. And yet I would have to live with it for the rest of my life

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Texas
Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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