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I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I should be reading. And this was Dobbin Does This and Dobbin Does That.

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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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'm lucky that so many children visit my website. At least I get to talk with them that way.
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I love you, Michael Wagner.” “Forever?” he asked. “Forever,” I said.
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First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.
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