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It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
Sure
Fall
Comes
Right
Even
Never
Apart
Strange

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