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You get older and you learn there is one sentence just four worlds long and if you can say it to yourself it offers more comfort than almost any other. It goes like this… Ready ” “Ready.” “At least I tried.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Least
Worlds
Almost
Sentences
Four
Older
Offers
Learn
Tried
Long
Comfort
Like
Goes
World
Ready
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