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But maybe it's better to go after something, and not get it, than to not even try.

Cinda Williams Chima

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Cinda Williams Chima
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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Springfield
Ohio
Maybe
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Even
Trying
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That's what happens when you love someone... you notice and notice and notice.
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She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.
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It was one of the warm nights at the end of summer that makes promises that won't be kept.
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