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After people have gone, you forget their faults, and you recall the ideal more than the person.

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
Gone
Forget
Persons
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Faults
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