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Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can't be any other way.

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When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.

Nora Raleigh Baskin

But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.

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Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption— That you must not feel anything at all.

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All we are, all we can be, are the stories we tell," he says, and he is talking as if he is talking only to me. "Long after we are gone, our words will be all that is left, and who is to say what really happened or even what reality is? Our stories, our fiction, our words will be as close to truth as can be. And no one can take that away from you.

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Nora Raleigh Baskin

Born: 1961 (age 64)

Bio: Nora Raleigh Baskin is an award-winning American author of books for children and young adults.

Known for:

Anything but typical (2009)
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story (2016)
Ruby on the Outside (2015)
What every girl (except me) knows (2001)
The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah (2008)

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