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A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph a novel is a film.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
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Glens Falls
New York
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Once love had seemed like magic. Now it seemed like tricks.
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