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And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again.

Suzanne Collins

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
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Hartford
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Suzanne Marie Collins
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