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What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Lows
Difference
Gets
Differences
Love
Life
Lets

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