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I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

Sara Zarr

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Rocks
Positive
Normal
Adjusted
Attitude
Counted
Wells
Fooled
Well
Sensibility
Believe
Believing
Always
Rock

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