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Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds.

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable trust. It just saved your miserable life, that questionable show of thought, my itchy-witch.' Al’s smile shifted, becoming lighter. 'And now you will live to possibly regret it.
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Be reasonable. I know you can be. If you try very, very hard.” - Al to Rachel
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