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if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

Amy Hempel

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Amy Hempel
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
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Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.
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When the beer is gone, so are they -- flexing their cars on up the boulevard.
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