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Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Jennifer Donnelly
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 29
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Novelist
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Port Chester
New York
Fear
Feelings
Thing
Bravery
Anyway
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