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He would find a way to make it work, because he finally understood that sometimes you have to raise your expectations. And sometimes you need to make a claim on the world and the people you love to get what you most desire
Cinda Williams Chima
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Cinda Williams Chima
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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But I don't want your throne. Then what do you want? You.
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He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.
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Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.
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