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But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far apart, we live in one another. We go on together.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Ready
Moving
Another
Together
Live
Matter
Apart
Way
Forward
Move

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We forgive and forget. At least I forgive and he forgets.
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