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Walker and Timothy sat quietly for a very long time. __hy do so many people make it so hard for anyone to help them or to love them?_ Walker asked finally. Timothy chuckled. __h, Walker__f I could explain all of humanity__ foibles, I__ be a rich man indeed, at least as far as money goes. I believe people are like that because of fear. They fear being loved because they fear that if they__e loved, they__l have to love back. And if they love back, they may get hurt. And many people aren__ ready to put their hearts on the line like that. Mostly because they don__ have anything to fall back on. It__ quite a shame, really, because they hurt themselves by trying to avoid getting hurt. But we have to be willing to die many times if we__e ever going to get on with this business of living.
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Walker and Timothy sat quietly for a very long time. __hy do so many people make it so hard for anyone to help them or to love them?_ Walker asked finally. Timothy chuckled. __h, Walker__f I could explain all of humanity__ foibles, I__ be a rich man indeed, at least as far as money goes. I believe people are like that because of fear. They fear being loved because they fear that if they__e loved, they__l have to love back. And if they love back, they may get hurt. And many people aren__ ready to put their hearts on the line like that. Mostly because they don__ have anything to fall back on. It__ quite a shame, really, because they hurt themselves by trying to avoid getting hurt. But we have to be willing to die many times if we__e ever going to get on with this business of living.

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