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Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life aligns behind the new truth.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Littles
Short
Agony
Little
Behinds
Passive
Really
Behind
Thin
Life
Emotion
Relief
Memories
Disappear
Doubt
Leaving
Felt
Memory
Aligns
Truth
Lived
Disappears

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