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i expected demands. he gifted me with tenderness. i expected ego. he let me experiment. i expected disrespect. he called me beautiful. i expected him to expect perfection. he taught me all i needed to know.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Perfection
Disrespect
Expect
Tenderness
Demand
Gifted
Needed
Experiment
Taught
Demands
Called
Ego
Beautiful
Experiments
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