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That's the brutality of a breakup, isn't it? The people leaving think they did everything possible, the people left behind think what is possible hasn't even been tested yet.

Laura Dave

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Laura Dave
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 18
Novelist
New York City
New York
People
Behinds
Behind
Possible
Left
Breakup
Everything
Brutality
Even
Tested
Think
Hasn
Thinking
Leaving

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