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It’s what you do that counts, not what you consider doing.

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
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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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I’m sick of asking questions everyone else already knows the answers to.
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There’s a hollow where he used to be, and it echoes with self-imposed loss.
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I'm not sick, Deuce. You don't know your own charm. My charm? I hadn't been aware I had any. It must be the dress, I thought.
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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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But I miss the woman I was, even as I learn to accept the new creature I’ve become.
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Are you afraid of falling, baby? No, I’m afraid of landing. [He’s laughing, and I’m smiling.] Stupid idiot smile, don’t you know what comes next?
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Caring too much could be dangerous I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.
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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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Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings.
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My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.
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Sometimes the past needed to stay buried it was the only way you could move on. And sometimes you had to dig it up, because that too was the only way.
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My heart shifted a little in my chest it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear.
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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.
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Dying isn’t like living it requires no effort at all.
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I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.
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Men always want to be remembered whereas women realize that requires being dead.
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Each time Stalker called you 'dove', I wanted to hit him. Because you're not a little gray bird... you're all the light in the world.
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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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I'm Sirantha Jax, and I have had enough.
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