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But what I kept wondering about is this: that first second when she felt her skirt burning, what did she think? Before she knew it was candles, did she think she'd done it herself? With the amazing turns of her hips, and the warmth of the music inside her, did she believe, for even one glorious second, that her passion had arrived?

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
Think
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Burning
Candles
Thinking
Felt
Kept
Skirts
Music
Amazing
Arrived
Firsts
Second
Wondering
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Candle
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Knew
Warmth
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Wonder
Hips
Believe
Passion
Glorious
Skirt

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