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I look like this because I'm alive, Reagan said. Because I've had experiences. Do you understand?

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Rainbow Rowell
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 24
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Smiling is confusing, she thought. This is why I don’t do it.
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She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.
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God, his chin. She wanted to make an honest woman of his chin. She wanted to lock it down.
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