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Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Sentiments
Feelings
Body
Love
Interchange
Precarious
Sentiment
Founded

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