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It takes certain kind of naiveté, or perhaps just stupidity, to know things will end and still hope otherwise.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
Writer
LA
California
Takes
Hope
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Certain
Naivet
Still
Stupidity
Kind
Otherwise
Things
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