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It's only a sure defeat when you stop trying.

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
Defeat
Stop
Sure
Trying

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I never knew I had the power to hurt him, only that he possessed the power to hurt me.
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