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...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.

Brad Meltzer

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Tell
Past
Something
Love
Think
Thinking
Scared
Future

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