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The mind can’t explain it, and you can’t make it go away. It’s called love.

Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Writer
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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Mind
Make
Love
Giver
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Called

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Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.
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It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.
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