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Kurt Vonnegut

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Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.
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Apart from that, both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets — neither of us have any. Look here — I believe without question, or have the certain knowledge, that she loves me. I believe without question, or have the certain knowledge, that I love her. It has been sincerely meant. But has it also been foolish, etc?
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