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We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.

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Robert Fulghum
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 4
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