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She let him go once. Every day demands that she release him over and over again.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Demand
Every
Demands
Release

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I've never thought there was anything I could hope to get by praying for it.
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But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.
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