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Could it be that to truly love a thing is not to desire it, but to desire happiness for it?

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Truly
Happiness
Desire
Thing
Love

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