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The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if i'd known this, then maybe i wouldn't have let him go.
-Emily Giffin
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The Worst Is When Someone In Your

Emily Giffin
The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if i'd known this, then maybe i wouldn't have let him go.
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