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Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Love
Next
Mistaken
Earth
Runs
Find
Holding
Giving
Quickly
Concludes
Real
Ideals
Counterfeit
Thing
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Transcend
Never
Simply
Lofty
Time
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Tight

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