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So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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Unsaid
Much
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World
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Wrong
Pain
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