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Please don't judge me too much until you are older and know more things. (Spoken from mother to daughter)
Ann Brashares
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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
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City of Alexandria
Virginia
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Mother
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Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
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Pain is fear, and I'm not afraid.
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I’m sorry you asked me out, otherwise maybe I could have liked you.
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