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Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
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