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The trouble with miracles is, they don't last long.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
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Every name is real. That's the nature of names.
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She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school.
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