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If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.

Charlaine Harris

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Charlaine Harris
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: November 25
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When you're a professional you do your job no matter what gets in the way. You might take a sick day, you might take a personal day, but then you show back up or you won't get paid. Everyone develops his/her own strategy for dealing with days that are not productive.
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I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.
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The note, which had been written on one of the pads I kept around for grocery lists, said, My lover, I came in too close to dawn to wake you, though I was tempted. Your house is full of strange men. A fairy upstairs and a little child downstairs- but as long as there's not one in my lady's chamber, I can stand it.
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The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly.
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You were so sweet when you didn't know who you were.
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When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps.
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He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word.
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So, on the whole, I'd have to say that no, people don't change, but they CAN learn to behave differently. I want to believe otherwise. If you have an argument that says I'm wrong, I'd be glad to hear it.
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I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.
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