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He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Strangers
Stranger
Friend
Also
Strangest
Oldest

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She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted or even want what she wanted.
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I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies.
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