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Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
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LA
California
Future
Past
Backward
Whoever
Played
Already
Dead

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