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If you ever meet a guy and you fall in love with him, but because of some weird genetic mutation he doesn't seem to return the feeling?... Wear that dress.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Feeling
Genetic
Guy
Dress
Fall
Dresses
Feelings
Weird
Doesn
Wear
Seems
Meet
Ever
Return
Love
Seem
Mutation

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You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen
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