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I still have the same friends I've had for the last 15 or 20 years.

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
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I'm not all you need, and I don't even want to be. I just want to love you, for the rest of my life, and as long as you let me do that, we'll be okay.
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Sometimes it seems to me that that’s all my life has been, a series of things that I loved deeply that I could never have.
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How did you even know I wasn't in my room? I checked on you. Finn gave me a look like I was an idiot. I check on you every morning. You check on me when I'm sleeping? I gaped at him. Every morning? He nodded. I didn't know that. Why would you know that? You're sleeping, Finn pointed out.
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Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren't. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish, but in all honesty, it's harder to be a best seller self-publishing than it is with a house.
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How did I look at you? I asked thickly. Like you had to, like I was a magnet you were pulled to. There was no choice, he said. And when you look at Jack, it's because when he's around, why would you want to look at anything else? You love him the way you could never love me.
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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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He hadn’t been peeping intentionally he’d been trying to sneak into my room. So that was slightly less creepy, I supposed.
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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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You know, back in the day, when a guy saved a Princess's life, she would reward him with a kiss.
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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 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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I was always writing. When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories. But as soon I as capable, I started writing. I filled notebooks and notebooks until I got my first computer when I was 11. It never really occurred to me that I would do anything else.
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It feels so weird to be able to just kind of buy things when I want them or need them.
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I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.
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When you told me you loved me, Lily's eyes widened when she looked at Lux, You saved the world.
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I've always kind of wrote when I wanted to. Once I get the idea in my head and get it outlined out, I usually just sit and write until it's done.
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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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Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.
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Princess. He smiled up at me, but it was weak. If i'd known that this is what it would take to get you to hold me, I would've collapsed a long time ago.
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When something is important to you, you make sure its safe.
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