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But what I wanted back had never really been there. He was a temporary illusion, a mirage of water after walking in the desert. I had made him up. And he could have killed me. You've got to stop the ride sometimes. Stop it and get off.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Made
Illusion
Really
Walking
Never
Attitude
Mirage
Stop
Mirages
Water
Ride
Back
Temporary
Wanted
Desert
Sometimes
Killed

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