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Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control.

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
Often
Transfers
Creature
Affection
Lovers
Tend
Loners
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Misanthrope
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