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The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Naught
Flesh
Pain
Heart

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Stupid to speak of blame when the wills of the immortals are involved.
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Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.
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This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.
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We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.
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Love child! What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you will become more than before. What you make of it is yours to choose.
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I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one love. It could be complicated of course it could be complicated. And it opened one up to the possibility of more pain and loss. Still, it was a blessing I would never relinquish. Love, genuine love, was always a cause for joy.
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Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes?
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We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen.
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Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.
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Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?
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