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In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Mignon McLaughlin
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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Love
Engaged
Arithmetic
Equality
Heartache
Marriage
Breakup
Equal
Heartbreak
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Equals
Two
Nothingness
Everything
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