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I think my head's a minefield strewn with triggers, and maybe if I survive each explosion, what emerges from the wreckage will be me, really, truly me.

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
Minefield
Survive
Truly
Minefields
Head
Strewn
Maybe
Wreckage
Really
Emerges
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Explosion
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Triggers
Explosions

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Not just when its easy. All the time.
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