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love, which is a madness, and a scourge, and a fever, and a delusion, and a snare, is also a mystery, and very imperfectly understood by everyone except the individual sufferer who writhes under its tortures.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Age: 78 †
Born: 1837
Born: January 1
Died: 1915
Died: February 4
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