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Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods.

Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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