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Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.
Mary Balogh
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Mary Balogh
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
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Sometimes now was enough. Sometimes it was everything.
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I do beg you to have some regard for my pride. A million years? I assure you I would stop asking after the first thousand.
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