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And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Love
Lily
Life
Lilies
Persist
Grand
Purpose
Human
Humans
Enough

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