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Sometimes I’ve even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could stay always.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Humans
Pause
Sometimes
Pauses
Even
Wished
Always
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Life
Choose
Stay
Point
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