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A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Fleeting
Actual
Loving
Beautiful
Soul
Long
Always
Prettiness
Haul

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