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We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Water
Pour
Thought
Deliberately
Heart
Sugar
Never
Fill
Would
Brown
Hot
Hearts
Guy

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