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I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your life.
Jeffrey Eugenides
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 8
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Detroit
Michigan
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
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She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.
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If Mitchell was ever going to become a good Christian, he would have to stop disliking people so intensely.
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