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Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Seldom
Loves
Almost
Someone
Even
Always
Never
Proposition
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Propositions

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