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The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Life
Remove
Pain
Death
Way
Love

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