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We’re bound by chains of love, but they don’t weigh us down. Instead, they allow us to be bigger and better than we are.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Bounds
Allow
Bigger
Instead
Better
Love
Weigh
Bound
Chains

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