Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary. ✨ Julian Barnes (2…

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Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary. ✨ Julian Barnes (2010). A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters, p.236, Random House
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Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary. ✨ Julian Barnes (2010). A History Of The World In 10 1/2 Chapters, p.236, Random House

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