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What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 60
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Chicago
Illinois
Heart
Inexplicable
Sheer
Magic

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