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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
Author
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Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
Love
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Jane
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Greedy
Persons
Stealing
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Leaves
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Older
Nothing
Mines
Toddler
Real
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Steals
Would
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