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Why does it have to be so hard? Why can't it be a happily-ever-after ride-into-the-sunset feeling all the time?

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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Feelings
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Time
Happily
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