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I realize then that it's not enough to know what someone is called. You have to know who they are.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
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LA
California
Someone
Enough
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Called

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And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips.
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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.
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I want to make her cry and then lick up the tears.
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A thousand suns rise from my chest.
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And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it.
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