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Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Required
Establishment
Absence
Weapons
Sex
Peace
Blissful
Also
Communion
Sometimes
Weapon

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