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I thought we'd die there, quarrels in our backs, you for what you did and me for bearing witness.

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
Quarrels
Revenge
Witness
Risk
Dies
Thought
Backs
Bearing

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It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.
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Tempus wanders eternally, bringing death to whomever loves him and being spurned by whomsoever he shall love.
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And as for death - we get what we expect.
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So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.
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