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And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine souls.

Gillian Flynn

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Gillian Flynn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 10
Author
Film Critic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Critic
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Gillian Schieber Flynn
Souls
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Thing
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Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.
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