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It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.

E. Lockhart

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E. Lockhart
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 13
Writer
New York City
New York
Emily Jenkins
Emily Lockhart
E. Lockhart
Inside
Something
Shattered
Hadn
Broken

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