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And some days I wonder why I insist on keeping myself alive.

Tahereh Mafi

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Tahereh Mafi
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: November 9
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Connecticut
United States
Insist
Keeping
Days
Wonder
Alive

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