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A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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New York City
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I met a travler from an ancient land.
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Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.
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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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