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Beautiful. And ugly. The world is always both.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
World
Ugly
Beautiful
Always

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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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But I miss the woman I was, even as I learn to accept the new creature I’ve become.
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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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My skill didn't lie in planning battles, only in fighting them.
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Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.
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I swept down the stairs to find Fade waiting for me at the bottom. His dark eyes widened, and for the first time since I'd known him, he was speechless. He stared up at me like I was everything he ever wanted.
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Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.
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Sometimes I miss the old me.
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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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His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always.
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Right now, I wish I’d stayed because I want you at my side. That sounds pretty selfish, but I don’t mean it that way. You just never needed me that way I said it to you once as I was leaving—that you love me, but you don’t need me. You don’t lean. But I admire that about you, and I could use some of your strength right now.
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Caring too much could be dangerous I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.
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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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For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much as personal choice.
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I’m as forgiving as the wall you hit at two hundred kilometers an hour.
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In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power.
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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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