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It does not make you less of a woman to need a man. To need one to exist, yes, this is nonsense. To need one to give one scope and importance, this is dishonest. But to need a man, one man, to bring joy and passion? This is life

Nora Roberts

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Don't 'honey' me in that southern-fried twang.
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I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.
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