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Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
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Cincinnati
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A little blood never bothers me.
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Hard. Fast. Deep. When I'm done you'll know you're mine.
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I wake up wating you. I fall asleep wanting you. I watch a magnificent sunrise and can think only of sharing it with you. I glimpse a piece of amver and see your eyes. Jillian, I've caught a disease, and the fever abates only when I'm near you.
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I'd teach them to read and to dream and to look at the stars and wonder. I'd teach them the value of imagination. I'd teach them to play every bit as hard as they worked. And I'd teach them that all the brains in the world can't compensate for love.
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Words are easy lies as simple as parting your lips and breathing.
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As he closed the door he said over his shoulder, Because you're a good lass. A heavy sigh. And I'm no' a good man.
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Finally, he knew the kind of loving that made two one and understood Jane was his world. His ocean, his country, his sun, his rain, his very heart.
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He had a come-and-get-me-baby-I'm-pure-trouble-and-you're-gonna-love-it kind of attitude.
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I have your word?” “You trust my word?” “You’re an idealistic fool. Of course.
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Your race devotes itself to justifying its errors, not correcting them
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I am a kite in a tornado but I have a long string. There is tension in my line. Somewhere, someone is holding onto the other end and, although it cannot spare me this storm, it will not let me be lost while I regain my strength. It is enough.
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A fecking flamethrower! Why didn't I think of that? Best I came up with was a measly hair dryer.
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I was adrift in a sea of questions and if answers were lifeboats, I was in imminent danger of drowning.
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