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The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you.

Muriel Barbery

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Muriel Barbery
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
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Without
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Love
Ordeal
Ordeals
Leaving
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