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How can you miss someone who’s right beside you?

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Nobility and self-sacrifice sound wonderful in theory, but now he’s seen how it feels. A dead hero is still dead at the end of the day, and you’re still alone.
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A curve of silver hung amid the brighter specks it looked to me like a curved dagger, pretty but deadly, as if it might slice the sky in two.
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People grew lazy. They knew too many blessings, and so lost the ability to appreciate what they had
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But the world moves on, even when you don't want it to, even when change feels like the end of everything. It never stops.
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People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up,because for some, a wrong answer is better than none.
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I couldn't help what I'd done before I learned it was wrong. I could only do better in the future.
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They say funerals are not for the dead but for the living. Those rites are what permit you to move on, so if you don't deal with the remains, you can never deal with the memories. That might be true we may have walked in their dust down on Venice Minor, but it's not the same as a proper good-bye.
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Most people can’t stomach silence it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.
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Just . . . love me, and let tomorrow look after itself.
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I always have someplace else I’d rather be, even if I don’t know where that is, yet.
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It’s what you do that counts, not what you consider doing.
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I never belonged anywhere until I met you.
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I know you have bad news,” I say softly. “I’m ready for it.” But that’s not true. One is never ready. You just lie and say you are and hope you can take the hit on the chin without going down.
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As I dive between the legs of a big Gunnar, I see Mair wind up and slam her shockstick hard as she can between the V of another guy’s thighs. Falling, he makes a noise that I can’t say I’ve heard a human utter before, sort of like I imagine a puppy would sound being put through a juicer.
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My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.
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My body was a machine, plain and simple. I worked it to stay strong I fed it to keep it running.
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My heart should be breaking, too, but there comes a point when you’re so inured to loss that you no longer feel the lash.
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He'd said the sun could burn me. It certainly looked angry enough, all orange and glowing mad.
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With my partner beside me, I fear nothing, not even death.
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This is the way we win over our enemies, not with bigger weapons, or faster ships, but with human courage, ingenuity, and sacrifice. Don't lose hope. We've faced the darkness before-it has nothing new to teach us. As we go about our lives, let us remember the example Dr. Navarro set for us. At the right time, anyone can be a hero.
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