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Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time.
Peter Kreeft
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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
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New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
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