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Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Happiness
Comes
Hard
Like
Alas
Pursue
Fun
Pleasure

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