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Things to do today: 1) Breathe in. 2) Breathe out.

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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
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New York City
New York
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It's such a silly little thing, the heart.
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That made me happy. That was my Anchor.
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