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but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Trying
Used
Standing
Life
Persons
Hold
Person
Hand
Find
Free
Without
Fall
Matter
Strong
Steady
Hard
Keep
Falling
Sometimes
Hands
Remain

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