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. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gratitude
Emotion
Powerful
Power
Harboring

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