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Then what's the point of trying if you can't even win? You win in lots of different ways, Asher said. Lots of little wins. The point of this life is not to be good all the time. It's to be as good as you can. No one is perfect. No one does it right all the time. That's not what life is.

Cate Tiernan

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Cate Tiernan
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 24
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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Doe
Time
Littles
Asher
Life
Little
Wins
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Lots
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Oh my God, can you see me? I thought I was wearing my invisibility cloak.
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You went to all that trouble just for my body? I said, amazed and so grateful. Reyn looked up, irritation on his face. Yeah. We were going to have you stuffed, as an example to future students. I grinned, You could put me on wheels, move me from room to room.
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