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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
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Mom flipped through the magazines like the pages needed to be slapped.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
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…kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks.
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I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
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We're all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there's too much thought and not enough heart.
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