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Lena was an introvert. She knew she had trouble connecting with people. She always felt like her looks were fake bait, seeming to offer a bridge to people, which she couldn't easily cross.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Looks
Cross
Bait
Always
Crosses
Introvert
Like
Easily
Seeming
People
Offers
Connecting
Couldn
Bridge
Trouble
Bridges
Knew
Fake
Felt
Offer
Lena

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You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful pieve of advice I can offer. If you don't have what you want now, you don't have what you want. -pg276
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The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin
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Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris
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