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If all you leave in the library is books that you think speak to everyone, what are you going to have? You'd have nothing.
Judy Blume
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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
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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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It was a such a surprise, such an absolute shocking surprise to me to not know what you're doing and to find out that this thing that you don't even know how to do, that you're sure you don't know how to do, speaks to so many people and touches so many people in some way.
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I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.
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Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.
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I think about Lenaya and Hugh. Will they know how much I've changed this year? Will they have changed too? I'll wait until tomorrow to find out. And then it's possible I won't find out after all. Because some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.
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