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Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing - We accept the love we think we deserve.

Stephen Chbosky

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