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Sometimes, when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
Author
Novelist
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Port Chester
New York
Sight
Someone
Light
Right
Sometimes
Time
Unaware
Catch

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