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i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Balance
Delay
Decision
Worlds
Moment
Hang
Wish
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Moments
Finals
Two
Somehow
World
Loves
Places
Freeze

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