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But I wondered if all this kissing was a bad habit with him and me. The thing we did with our mouths instead of talking.

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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New York City
New York
Habit
Instead
Talking
Thing
Wondered
Kissing
Mouths

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