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I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can't live somebody else's life for them. They have to make their own choices, and sometimes all we can do is learn to live with them.

Amanda Hocking

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Choices
Learn
Else
Live
Sometimes
Trying
Make
Guess
Life
Somebody

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I need to call Matt and let him know I'm okay, I said. Finn held the passenger door open while I got inside. As soon as he got in the driver's seat, I turned to him. Well? Can I call him? You really want to? Finn asked as he started the car. Yes, of course I do! Why is that so suprising?
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In that moment, Lux felt complete for the first time. He hadn’t even realized anything was missing until he met her, but now, with her curled up in his arms, her hair tickling against his chin, he couldn’t imagine existing without her - Virtue - A Fairy Tale
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What's your angle? I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding. Isosceles, Jack quipped.
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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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No! If you die, I die! You asked me to spend forever with you, and I'm going to!
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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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I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
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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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Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.
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Writing has always felt like a compulsion. Even at high school there'd be times when people would ask me if I wanted to go and hang out and I'd sit home and write instead.
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Everything I went through, he said. For you. It was worth it.
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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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How could you do nothing to him, if you fought so hard?” she asked. “I’m lust and he’s wrath!” he yelled. “I’m a lover, he’s a fighter!” Virtue - A Fairy Tale
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Don’t be a hero,” I told him sternly. “Protect yourself.
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As a rule, I don't enjoy being tossed into closets and having the door shut on my face, but I knew he was protecting me.
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As I drifted off to sleep, I could hear him breathing, and that definitely helped me relax.
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