Methinks I have grown soft in my middle age. But me-also-th… - Gabrielle Zevin

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Methinks I have grown soft in my middle age. But me-also-thinks my latter-day reaction speaks to the necessity of encountering stories at precisely the right time in our lives. Remember, Maya: the things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life. —

Gabrielle Zevin

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Gabrielle Zevin (born October 24, 1977) is an author and screenwriter who lives in the USA.

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