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I dont really write with the idea of trying to teach any lessons. I want to tell a story as truthfully and engagingly as I can, and then let the chips fall where they may.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Trying
Idea
Really
Fall
Write
Truthfully
Tell
Chips
Stories
Dont
May
Lessons
Ideas
Teach
Writing
Story

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Love yourself and your friends unconditionally .
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There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.
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Sometimes you need to make a mess. -Loretta, the Rollinses' hosekeeper
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