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Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Humans
Heartaches
Life
Heartache
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Denial
Necessary
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Human

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