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She's pretty. (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)

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Ned Vizzini
Age: 32 †
Born: 1981
Born: April 4
Died: 2013
Died: December 19
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
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Withering
Insult
Amazing
Girls
Pretty
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That made me happy. That was my Anchor.
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