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But then she hadn’t just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Love
Hadn
Summer
Learned
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You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen
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Sometimes you need to make a mess. -Loretta, the Rollinses' hosekeeper
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