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But courage wasn't an absence of fear it was fighting despite the knot in your stomach.

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
Fear
Knot
Knots
Stomach
Despite
Absence
Courage
Wasn
Fighting
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