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I look at my homely sketch. It doesn't need anything. Even through the river in my eyes I can see that. It isn't perfect and that makes it just right.

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Laurie Beth Halse
Doesn
Homely
Anything
Sketch
Look
River
Looks
Rivers
Need
Eyes
Right
Eye
Needs
Perfect
Even
Makes

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