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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
Fair
Conned
Someone
Tale
Find
Anybody
Breaks
Heart
Realize
Divorce
Love
Realizing
Fairy
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Tales
Break
Fairs
Dies
Suffer
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