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A small, intimate story · tender and sad at once
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It restores your faith in people · sad, but it leaves you hopeful
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Like yours: alien contact · full of big ideas
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Like yours: alien contact · full of big ideas
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In common with yours: alien contact · full of big ideas
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Like yours: alien contact · unsettling from the first page
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In common with yours: alien contact · you'll keep turning it over for days
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It makes you laugh · a tender love story
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Funny, and it bites · love hurts sometimes
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It makes you laugh · it leaves you with a warm feeling
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It makes you laugh · funny and sad at once
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It restores your faith in people · sad, but it leaves you hopeful
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