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Dying isn’t like living it requires no effort at all.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
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Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Living
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Dying

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It’s easy to do right when everything goes right. But let everything go wrong, and see how difficult it becomes.
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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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Is that love? It seems like a pale word, too easily tossed about by people who don’t know the meaning of it, who twist it for their own ends. I’m afraid of it now, right up there with clowns, close spaces, and open flames.
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Love can make us do dreadful things.
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Don’t let them see you weak.
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I found it curious that people kept animals for companionship and not food. When I'd asked Mama Oaks when she planned to cook the fat creature that slept in a basket in the kitchen, her eyes almost popped out of her head. Since then, she'd kept her pet away from me, like she suspected I meant to turn it into stew. Clearly, I had a lot to learn.
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With a polite smile, I decided she was insane.
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You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you.
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Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts.
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I sighed. 'It's hard. You're the only one who listens to what I have to say.' Longshot dropped a gentle, comforting arm around my shoulders. 'Then speak louder, girl. Don't let them put out your spark.
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There are quiet ways to die where the body just doesn’t notice that the heart is gone.
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I shake my head, but I can’t change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.
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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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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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I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid. Not that, just very focused on killing.
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If so, I couldn't imagine how the opposite gender managed to get out of bed in the morning. They might be lovely to look at, but clear thinking wasn't their strong point.
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Caring too much could be dangerous I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.
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After people have gone, you forget their faults, and you recall the ideal more than the person.
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