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...the deepest secrets about ourselves that we, in the ultimate act of humanity, will spare those we truly love.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
Love
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Deepest
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…how monstrous the people you loved could be.
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May you walk a lighted path. May you fight for truth - your truth, not someone else's - and may you understand, above all things, that you are the most important concept, theory, and philosophy I have ever known.
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Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.
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It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again.
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