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The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.

Amy Bloom

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Amy Bloom
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 18
Film Producer
Novelist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Social Worker
Writer
Great Neck
Long Island
Quitting
Distance
Comfort
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Past
Great
Nostalgia
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Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.
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