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He didn't seem to realize that three excuses was as good as no excuse.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Seems
Good
Excuses
Excuse
Realize
Seem
Realizing
Three
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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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She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciate it even though she couldn’t have it. Why did she always feel she had to do something in the face of beauty?
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Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris
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Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
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