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..all I left with was the magnitude of my mistake, of my missing you. And I have to watch you from this distance, watch you achieve your dreams, live what seemed like this perfect life.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
Writer
LA
California
Left
Distance
Dream
Missing
Live
Watches
Life
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Watch
Achieve
Mistake
Magnitude
Perfect
Seemed

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