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When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
New York
Vulnerable
Truly
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Someone
Become
Care
Things
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