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So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Often
Hands
Take
Stove
Life
Stoves
Reminder
Reminders
Hand
Pain

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