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But it's funny how the memory works and how sometimes we just belive whatever we want.

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Chris Bohjalian
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 12
Journalist
Novelist
White Plains
New York
Belive
Memory
Works
Memories
Whatever
Funny
Sometimes

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