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It was funny to hear her voice aloud. Her thoughts and perceptions usually existed so deep inside her, they rarely made it to the surface without a deliberate effort.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Hear
Existed
Effort
Rarely
Funny
Surface
Voice
Perception
Without
Usually
Made
Thoughts
Aloud
Deep
Perceptions
Inside
Deliberate

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