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" We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books. "

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Book

Experience

God

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Taylor Jenkins Reid

Stand

You

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