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Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.
Harlan Coben
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Harlan Coben
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 4
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This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
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In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.
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