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Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she'd had an impact. She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.
E. Lockhart
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E. Lockhart
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 13
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Emily Jenkins
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