A Quote by Ayelet Waldman

I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by honesty I mean slashing my wrists and hemorrhaging all over the computer screen).

Ayelet Waldman

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Ayelet Waldman
Israeli - Novelist
Born: December 11, 1964

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