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# Melanie Thernstrom

(1964)   Writer

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Melanie Thernstrom is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Melanie Thernstrom

Born January 1, 1964

Profession Writer

## About Melanie Thernstrom

American writer... \| Melanie Thernstrom is an American author and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine who frequently writes about murders and crime.

##  Quotes by Melanie Thernstrom

> [“He's like a lake. You assume it has great depths, pure undisturbed undiscoverable depths. You assume depths must be there because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-thernstrom/he-s-like-a-lake-you-assume-it-has-great-depths-pure-undisturbed/)

Melanie Thernstrom

[Depths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depths/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/melanie-thernstrom-79730_depths_he-s-like-a-lake-you-assume-it-has-great_2004431.png)

> [Tests of love always end badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-thernstrom/tests-of-love-always-end-badly/)

Melanie Thernstrom

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/melanie-thernstrom-79730_badly_tests-of-love-always-end-badly-2374715_2374715.png)

> [It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated everything, everything was a problem, everything made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-thernstrom/it-was-like-sawdust-the-unhappiness-it-infiltrated-everything/)

Melanie Thernstrom

[Cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/melanie-thernstrom-79730_cry_it-was-like-sawdust-the-unhappiness-it-i_2737176.png)

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