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we both smile and we are conspirators.
Audrey Niffenegger
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Audrey Niffenegger
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 13
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South Haven
Michigan
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I wish for a moment that time would lift me out of this day, and into some more benign one. But then I feel guilty for wanting to avoid the sadness dead people need us to remember them, even if it eats us, even if all we can do is say I'm sorry until it is as meaningless air.
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…she smiles in an exhausted but warm sort of way, as though she is a brilliant sun in some other galaxy
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