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Love is an emotion. It can't be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone, therefore it is difficult to measure.

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Writer
Limerick City
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Emotion
Seen
Everyone
Difficult
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Love
Experienced
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