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And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.

Ned Vizzini

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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Epiphany
Closest
Ever
Come

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