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Whenever you're unsure of yourself, whenever you're in doubt, ask yourself three questions. What do you believe in? What do you hope for? but most important, ask yourself, what do you love?

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Paullina Simons
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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Writer
St. Petersburg
Believe
Unsure
Love
Whenever
Questions
Doubt
Asks
Hope
Three
Important

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Good-bye, my moonsong and my breath, my white nights and golden days, my fresh water and my fire. Good-bye, and may you find a better life, find comfort again and your breathless smile, and when your beloved face lights up once more at the Western sunrise, be sure what I felt for you was not in vain. Good-bye and have faith, my Tatiana.
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And that's my point: all great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.
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Courage, Alexan­der,” she whis­pered. “Courage, Ta­tiana.
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