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I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
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Admired
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Perhaps
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