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Don’t hide love. If you feel it, express it-not to demand that others love you back, but simply to live outwardly the best of what you feel inwardly. The worst that can happen to your heart is not rejection by another person but failure to act on the love you feel.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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