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Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought.

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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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Thought
Much
Enclave
Prosper
Demonstrating
Independent

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Stalkers lips curled into a sneer. You won't make a move without him, huh? That's embarrassing. No, I said softly. It just hurts because you wish it was you.
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I wanted proof, not promises.
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Through the damp fabric of my coverall, bundled in my blanket, I feel naked. Raw. He sees more than I want, more than I can bear. It’s like standing before him ... while he stares at my scars, pitiless and unmoved.
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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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Don't worry he tells me tenderly. It doesn't matter who you've been, who you are, or who you become. I'm with you every step of the way.
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Possessiveness isn’t love. I’m not even sure it qualifies as an emotion.
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I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid. Not that, just very focused on killing.
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Men can be very stupid. We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed in distant hills pales as dross compared to treasure we had in hand.
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It’s what you do that counts, not what you consider doing.
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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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Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now.
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There were different kinds of strength. I knew that now. It didn't always come from a knife or a willingness to fight. Sometimes it came from endurance, where the well ran deep and quiet. Sometimes it came from compassion and forgiveness.
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Sometimes you find your heroes in the unlikeliest places.
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A good huntress respected her partners instincts, even if he was socially ignorant.
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I never belonged anywhere until I met you.
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I imagine the ones we’ve lost as ghosts who prowl about the edges of the light, waiting for us to join them. Sometimes that’s terrifying, and sometimes it’s reassuring, a promise of homecoming.
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