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Why is it you think you'll live forever and why do you want to, i'd like to know, when you deny yourselves so many of the basic pleasures in life?
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Why Is It You Think You'll Live

Nora Roberts
Why is it you think you'll live forever and why do you want to, i'd like to know, when you deny yourselves so many of the basic pleasures in life?
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