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I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Love
Pass
Gift
Agree
Parent
Child
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Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today.
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Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
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When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.
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The phone was her worst enemy and her best friend but she never knew which until she answered it.
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How many times could you give up on someone you loved?
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She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm, but his look was searing. He was different from anyone she had known.
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She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.
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I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expand them in ways I don't think of and take them to places I can't go.
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