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Parents were the only ones obligated to love you from the rest of the world you had to earn it.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Family
Agape
Love
Obligated
Life
Unconditional
World
Earn
Parents
Ones
Rest
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Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
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Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother
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