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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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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
World
People
Yell
Catch
Slow
Wait
Class
Waiting
Running

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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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He knows what I'm about to say--he always does. He is my best friend, my soul mate. In a perfect world, full of roses and sunshine we'd be together, but this is full of broken.
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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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You're going to get yourself into a lot of trouble. Why? Because of her right there. Do you know what Daisy would do if you ever cheated on her. Move on to the next guy that told her she has nice tits. Okay, you're probably right on that one.
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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
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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'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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That's because you loved me. You just didn't know it yet. You didn't know it either. You were just as blind as me.
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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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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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