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His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Pleasure
Giving
Children
Mixed
Distress
Anxious
Several
Birth
Married

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Please believe him. Keep your heart open to him. He can make you happy. He has always loved you, and you once loved him with all your heart.
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It took the real thing to show you the size of your delusions.
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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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