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Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.

Louise Erdrich

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
Push
Side
Sides
Away
Love
Tampered
Creeps

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