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There's a pleasure to loving someone even when you know there's no chance in them loving you back. The pain I felt let me know I was still alive.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
Chance
Pain
Felt
Someone
Stills
Still
Loving
Back
Alive
Even
Pleasure

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