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People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.

People like to warn you that by the time you reach the middle of your life, passion will begin to feel like a meal eaten long ago, which you remember with great tenderness.

Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern

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Meg Wolitzer
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Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Meg Wolitzer: documented birth year 1959; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6808023, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6808023 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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