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Listen, sometimes when you finally find out, you realize that you were much better off not knowing.
Audrey Niffenegger
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Audrey Niffenegger
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 13
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Everything seems simple until you think about it.
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It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.
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It's funny how we like labels. If I ever have a bookstore, I'm not going to put any labels on the sections.
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When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days.
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Mama said, Dreams are different to real life but important too.
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Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window.
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