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Friendship is not a thing I have ever experienced. Not as a child, and not as I am now.

Tahereh Mafi

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Tahereh Mafi
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: November 9
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Connecticut
United States
Ever
Children
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Friendship
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