Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can …

Diane Ackerman
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Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2014). The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, p.122, W. W. Norton & Company
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Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2014). The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us, p.122, W. W. Norton & Company

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