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I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

Rainbow Rowell

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.
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Nothing before you counts, he said. And I can't even imagine an after. She shook her head. Don't. What? Don't talk about after. I just meant that... I want to be the last person who ever kisses you, too.... That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I'm trying to say is, you're it. This is it for me.
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