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I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

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
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Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?
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you can't deny they ever happened. You can't deny you ever loved them, love them still, even if loving them causes you pain
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I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.
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There's no book or play or series or anything that speaks to everyone, because then it wouldn't speak to anyone.
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