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Emma Burger

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in New York City, The United States

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https://www.emmaburgerwrites.com/

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Fiction, Contemporary

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“They wanted kids who understood complex mathematical models, which I didn’t, but I was a cute girl, which was rare.”
― Emma Burger, Spaghetti for Starving Girls

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“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”
― Anthony Bourdain

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“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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