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Funny thing is, until I met you all I wanted to do was to get as far away from here as I could. Kind of ironic, isn't it? Can't get much farther away than where Im going, and now I'd give anything to stay.

Kami Garcia

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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
Artist
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Washington
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In death, lie. In living, cry. Carry me home to remember to be remembered.
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I wanted to stay this way forever. Which, it turns out, was exactly five more minutes.
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In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side, most likely as punishment for some future liberally minded paper I was bound to write.
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Ladies first. Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous?
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