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I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Requited
Endurance
Pretend
Thing
Love

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