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She existed in her friends there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Friends
Best
Existed
Parts
Forgotten
Knew

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She was sad about what happened to Kostos. And someplace under that, she was sad that people like Bee and Kostos, who had lost everything, were still open to love, and she, who'd lost nothing, was not.
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