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As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can't come close to containing it all.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Novelist
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New York City
New York
People
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