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You look great, he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. I'm as big as a house. He laughed. I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Looks
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Great
Careers
Even
Lying
Made
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Thinking
Bigs
Houses
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Laughed
Facts
Architecture
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Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate
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