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Right now everyone is drinking bad wine made of sour grapes and hysteria. Let them drink it, and let them regret it in the morning.

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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
Author
Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
Wine
Drink
Morning
Everyone
Hysteria
Right
Grapes
Made
Sour
Drinking
Regret

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