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I'm not lookin' for someone who can save me. Life rafts might keep you afloat but they rarely get you anywhere and I've got places I wanna go. So break me in two, peel back my rib cage and cover every page of my heart with love poems you will burn someday.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
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This is my heartbeat like yours, it is a hatchet It can build a house or tear one down.
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