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He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space as he is.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Wanted
Look
Looks
Time
Arch
Life
Arches
Marching
Along
Space

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Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson
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Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother
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She glared at him, feeling the old frustration. Sometimes in his presence she felt the deepest connection to him, and other times she felt completely alone-as though any bond to him was her own bitter imagination.
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