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It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Back
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Suddenly
Normal
Strange
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