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Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Maybe
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Memories

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