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Jacqueline Carey

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Jacqueline Carey
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Highland Park
Illinois
Even
Stunted
Reaches
Sunlight
Tree

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I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer
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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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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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What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?
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Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present.
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A nervous silence loosens tongues
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