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But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying.

J.A. Redmerski

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J.A. Redmerski
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 25
Novelist
Little Rock
Arkansas
Always
Dying
Especially
Gets
Wants
Heart
Mind

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His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars – are you gettin’ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?” He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.
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My plant is probably dead. Camryn looks slightly surprised. You have a plant? I smile. Yeah, her name's Georgia.
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Ultimately, it's my choice and only my choice.
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Promise me that if I ever get Alzheimer’s or dementia, and I don’t remember anyone that you’ll visit me every day and read to me like Noah read to Allie.
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Coincidence is just a safe conformist for fate.
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I think I've been afraid most of my life to be myself.
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Our story is over, yes, but our journey isn't, because we'll always live on the edge until the day we die.
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...I watch her so much that I forget it's raining at all.
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Well, I suppose he’s stuck with you forever then.” “Yes, and forever is a very long time.” He pauses and then says, “Well, for the record, something tells me he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Live in the moment, where everything is just right, take your time and limit your bad memories and you'll get wherever it is you're going a lot faster and with less bumps in the way.
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I have to live and make my own choices, my own mistakes. You have to let me be me, even if i suck at it sometimes. - Adria
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You’re the world to me,” I whisper onto her lips. “I hope you never forget that.” “I’ll never forget,” she whispers back.. “But if I ever do, for whatever reason, I hope you’ll always find a way to remind me.” ...“Always.
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