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I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Love
Realizing
Afternoon
Life
Games
Explain
Wrong
Notion
Matter
Spend
Sometimes
Late
Heart
Realize
Saddest
Trying
Rest
Notions
Way
Game
Timing

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