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I think maybe the most frustrating feeling in the world is to have something to say buy not know how to put it into words. To have lived through something but not be able to get it out of you before it festers.
Alexandra Bracken
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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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