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I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.

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
Love
Days
Think
Running
Thinking
Tell
Littles
Little
Yous
Everything
Diluted
Every
Although
Time
Gets

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