A Quote by Marisha Pessl

... suddenly I was a kid in the hall standing outside my locker about to head to Math. But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That's when all the real things were said.

Marisha Pessl

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Marisha Pessl
American - Writer
Born: October 26, 1977

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Stephen King

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Adam Rodriguez

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Tom Lehrer

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