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if you were older you might agree with me. you might say that real love steals nothing. you might say that real love leaves a person intact. you would be wrong, jane. love is a greedy toddler who knows only the word 'mine.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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