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We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Dies
Fairs
Suffering
Suffer
Someone
Fair
Conned
Find
Anybody
Tale
Heart
Realize
Breaks
Love
Realizing
Divorce
Somebody
Fairy
Break
Tales

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