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If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh?

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
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Calais
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Andrew Gibson
Laugh
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Laughing
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Enlightenment

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Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.
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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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I write because it is while I'm writing that I feel most connected to why we're here. I write because silence is a heavy weight to carry. I write to remember. I write to heal. I write to let the air in. I write as a practice of listening.
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If you’re handing out flashlights in the dark, start handing out stars.
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I'm never gonna wait that extra twenty minutes to text you back and I'm never gonna play hard to get when I know your life has been hard enough already.
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and I wonder if Beethoven held his breath the first time his fingers touched the keys the same way a soldier holds his breath the first time his finger clicks the trigger. We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.
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But whatever However Whenever this ends I want you to know That right now I love you forever
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If love did not exist, I would be so goddamn sane.
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Love is like sunshine. Sometimes you have to get burned to know you were there. I want to know that I'm here.
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