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And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Love
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Didn
Nothing
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