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You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Happy
Six
Tell
Spending
Stories
Sitting
Trying
Months
Good
Somebody
Love
Waiting
Bedside
Dies
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wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.
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I don't love you anymore, she whispered. I don't love you at all. His throat closed. It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.
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He shook his head. The next time I hear a women going on about how neurotic men are, I'm going to remember this. You tell me you like my body, and what do I say? I say, thank you. Then I tell you I like yours and what do I hear? A long lists of grievances.
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You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married. I'm not getting rid of Pooh. See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise. I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.
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