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I wonder what it's like to have that much power over a boy. I don't think I'd want it - it's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

Jenny Han

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Jenny Han
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 3
Novelist
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Richmond
Virginia
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Boys
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