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I had a perfect life in my reach once, and it was a crashing bore. Perfect is too clean, too easy. I don't want perfect any more than I want to be perfect. I want imperfect.

Sarah MacLean

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Sarah MacLean
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 17
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Lincoln
Rhode Island
Reach
Perfect
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Bores
Imperfect
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