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Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Life
Anybody
Leave
Stop
Friends
Inspirational
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Things
Inspiring

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