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It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.

John Irving

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John Irving
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 2
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Exeter
New Hampshire
John Winslow Irving
Feel
Teenager
Feels
Adults
Loved
Full
Moment
Unquestioningly
Moments
Teenagers
Happens
Distrust
Many
Resentment

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