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Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

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Gabrielle Zevin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 24
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i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.
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On Elsewhere we fool ourselves into thinking we know what will be just because we know the amount of time we have left. We know this, but we never really know what will be. We never know what will happen.
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