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I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Back
Decisions
Look
Mistakes
Looks
Critical
Sometimes
Supposed
Life
Mistake
Decision
Making
Vital
Beautiful
Prime

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