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You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
Novelist
Writer
Sylvester
Georgia
Heart
Really
Yelling
Like
Waves
Wave
Loving
Ocean
Standing
Stop

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