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You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back.

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Scottsdale
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The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?
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Seeing that my words had done absolutely nothing to pull North from whatever depths he was clinging to, Owain did what came naturally. He smacked North upside the head hard enough to send him sprawling into the window. And when it seemed that North would turn around and return the favor, Owain hit him again, harder.
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