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She got tired of herself. She got tired of not being able to say what she wanted or do what she wanted or even want what she wanted.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Tired
Able
Wanted
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Pain is fear, and I'm not afraid.
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There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't.
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Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
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This body is breaking down, but I am not.
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You forget your victories, but you remember the losses.
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She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.
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Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.
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I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.
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