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She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Ever
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Disagreed
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