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It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
Often
Moments
Rescues
Rescue
Lowest
Surprising

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My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen. — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories)
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