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Ruth Rendell Quotes: Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.
         

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.


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