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Being liked for the way you looked is worse than not being liked at all.

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
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Rochester
Minnesota
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This is the way the world ends not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.
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People have bad things to say about publishers, but I think they still have services, and I want to see what they are. And if they end up not being any good, I don't have to keep using them.
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When I said it aloud, it sounded terribly creepy, which is why I had said it aloud.
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I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.
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Nothing is 'just' anything with you
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Every man would fall in love with their voice, their lovely appearance, but no man would ever get past that. They'd never really know the girls for who they actually were, never really love them. It would be impossible for any of the four girls to ever really fall in love and be genuinely loved in return.
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I was always depressed growing up. There wasnt a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot and that was how I dealt with it.
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There was something almost painful about that, the intensity of being so vulnerable and so intimate with him.
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Sometimes the best course in the search for the meaning of life is to busy yourself until you forget that you don't know the meaning of life
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My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.
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During our session, I told Tove about how I'd done mind-speak on Duncan, but it only worked when I was irritated. Using that logic,Tove spent most of the morning trying to irritate me into using it. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time I just got pointlessly annoyed.
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I don't really like fairies.
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Yeah, but they're PURPLE pants, Bobby said as if that made some kind of distinction. Hence, I'm awesome.
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I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.
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All the stereotypical ‘dude’ geeky things I like are socially acceptable, and all the stereotypical ‘lady’ geeky things I like are frowned upon….
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I haven’t prepared my speech yet,” I sighed and Tove stood up. “What should I say about him?” “Well, if you plan to say anything nice, you’re going to have to lie,” Tove muttered as he walked over to his closet.
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Not all prisons have bars
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I paused outside your door to see if you were awake, and you clearly were, so I came in. You still can't just barge in. I crossed my arms over my chest. Would you like me to go back out and knock? Loki gestured to the doors behind him. Would that make you feel better?
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I don't care where I come from or who you are. I can make you happy, and you make me happy. We could have a happily ever after.
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My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves.
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