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Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
People
Butterflies
Butterfly
Fragile
Sensitive
Destroy
Responsibility

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God, the boring relative everyone ignores--no one calls, no one writes--until they need a serious favor.
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