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... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can happen at any time too?

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
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New York City
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... every available inch of his face busts into a smile - whoa. Has he blown into our school on a gust of wind from another world? The guy looks unabashedly jack-o'-lantern happy, which couldn't be more foreign to the sullen demeanor most of us strove to perfect.
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