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I shake my head, but I can’t change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
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Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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