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I think pants have unique qualities, especially in a woman’s life. Whatever bodily insecurities we have, we seem to take out on our pants.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Woman
Insecurity
Seems
Pants
Take
Qualities
Think
Unique
Thinking
Especially
Life
Seem
Quality
Insecurities
Whatever
Bodily

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He had to fight. That's all he had. Not memories, not experiences, not skills. He had a will. And his will was to fight until he couldn't fight anymore.
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When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.
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I did love her. I've loved her from the first time I saw her.
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Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I don’t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.
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How many times could you give up on someone you loved?
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Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her.
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