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I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of people don’t have and a better understanding—they can be more open-minded. - Ella's mother

Jessica Sorensen

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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
People
Understanding
Running
Mother
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Ella
Better
Minded
Long
Insight
Think
Stronger
Thinking
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The vertical lines that run down his forearms are the most disturbing, thick and jagged as if someone took a razor to his skin. I wish I could run my fingers along them and remove the pain and memories that are attached to them.
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I'll always be with you, inside and out, she reads. Through hard times and helpless ones, through love, through doubt.
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No. I just never wanted to throw them away. Even if they were broken. I still loved them.
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Liar's such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as me omitting some of the details - Alex
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I try not to laugh at the fact that even when she’s drunk, she has a hard time saying it. “Where do you want me to take you?” She drops her head back against my chest. “You can just keep carrying me. It’s very relaxing.
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You're like my favorite song, Nova. The one that I never want to forget. That I want to play over and over again.
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I sometimes feel like life is just one big test to see how long we can survive.
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Like a feather in a dust storm, with no direction The Raven flies through life, helpless and omitted Until night declares and the wind expires. Then it flies to the land of stones and etchings And becomes an Ember, breaking away
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The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. “Are you being serious?” Her face is stoic. “Absolutely. I never kid about teddy bears.
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I thought I’d saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.
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Stay here, baby he whispers, like he can read my thoughts. Trust me, okay? Don't run
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You left me, ripped out my heart, and then came back acting like a robot, and you know what? We made it through. You and I, good or bad, belong together. We make each other whole.
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I cling to him like he's what keeps me thriving. Because he is.
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But sometimes stuff happens and we find ourselves lost, and suddenly we're standing in a place we don't recognize and can't remember walking-or falling-there, and we're unsure how to get back or if we even want to.
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You really need stitches, she tells me.Or you're going to have a scar. I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix skin, cuts, wounds, heal stuff on the outside. Everything broken with me is on the inside. I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.
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People are running to and from class and I just want to yell, Slow down and wait for the world to catch up!
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It’s a moment I’ll remember forever, because it belongs to me.
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He laughs, sucking his lip ring into his mouth. I promise I'll go easy on you. A naughty feeling dances inside me. What if I don't want you to go easy on me?
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Blinded by the opaque veil of mortality, her eyes are always sealed, like a tomb She wants to know- wants to feel that fire, the brightness of the moon So she searches for light, only to realize its in her, like an ember equipped to ignite.
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Pretend all you want, pretty girl. You and I know that deep down you’re secretly glad to be pressed up to my body.
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