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I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
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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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