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Sometimes the wind blows you places you weren't expecting: sometimes it blows you away from those places, too.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
Writer
LA
California
Sometimes
Blows
Expecting
Weren
Blow
Places
Wind
Away

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