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Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.
Gabrielle Zevin
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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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