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It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Lying
Everything
Must
Love
People
Occasionally
Gaps
Allow

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