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Do not mistake desire for love. Desire leaves home in a frantic search for one gratification after another. Love is at home with itself.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Desire
Another
Home
Love
Frantic
Gratification
Search
Leaves
Mistake

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