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There was one thing Bridget like about guys. They took insults well.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Insult
Guys
Took
Guy
Wells
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Thing
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Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
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