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To love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.

Louise Erdrich

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Louise Erdrich
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 7
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Writer
Little Falls
Minnesota
Humans
Imperfect
Love
Tremendous
Task
Foolish
Tasks
Perfection
Splendor
Another
Imperfection
Human
Magnificent

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