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I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don't always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don't with a fair amount of specificity.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
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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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Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now.
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He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.
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If this is the last time, let me say it so you never forget. I will always love you, Deuce. No matter where souls go, mine will be looking for you, solnyshko moyo. No. I want a promise instead. Promise you'll fight like you never have, so when the dying stops, you'll be on your feet looking for me here. I swear.
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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’m sick of asking questions everyone else already knows the answers to.
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Caring too much could be dangerous I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.
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Did he die well? No, I thought. Nobody did. They just died.
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