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I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Thinking
Face
Faces
Away
Someone
Feel
Sometimes
Picture
Feels
Stronger
Think
Harder

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