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There's nothing here to say good-bye to. There's no dancing girl. No mischievous smile. She's gone, off with her sisters, broken free, escaped. And if she were here now, she would say, Go.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Nothing
Escaped
Good
Sisters
Would
Dancing
Smile
Broken
Gone
Free
Mischievous
Girl
Bye

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