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'Gossip Girl' came out in rapid succession over two years, so the endings always had to be suspenseful so that you couldn't wait for the next one.

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Cecily von Ziegesar
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 27
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Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar
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I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.
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the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk.
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...don't act like I didn't for you. I did. Hard. And for a long time. So please, forgive me if now that we're over, I'm exhausted.
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the garbage cans and mailboxes on the sidewalk would stay the same, but the people would be just a beautiful blur of motion.
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I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers.
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...forgiving is not the same as forgetting.
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I have no sense of what I should or shouldn't talk about. I just blather. Which is why it's fun to write 'Gossip Girl.' I do tend to just talk about anything.
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I feel something vibrating and I really hope it's your phone. Serana told Dan, who blushed.
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I guess I was popular in high school.
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I'm always saying that my books are not autobiographical because they're not. I can't choose any one scene and say, 'Oh, this is exactly what happened to me!' I just use little snippets of things as a starting point!
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When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?
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Just because we can't be together doesn't mean I don't love you
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oh my god, she couldn't help thinking. I have hairy legs and I'm going to die alone.
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She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they’re thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they’d just accuse you of being paranoid.
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And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell...You know you love me. XOXO, Gossip Girl
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