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But everyone's an expert with the virtue of hindsight . . . .

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Author
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Berri
South Australia
Australia
Expert
Experts
Virtue
Everyone
Hindsight

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Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . .
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Sometimes, Edie, a person's feelings aren't rational. At least, they don't seem that way on the surface. You have to dig a little deeper to understand what lies at the base
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The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.
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Life could be cruel enough these days without the truth making it worse.
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That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.
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A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.
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Hope's one thing, expectation's quite another.
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Gerry?' Laurel had to strain to hear thought the noise on the other end of the line. 'Gerry? Where are you?' 'London. A phone booth on Fleet Street.' 'The city still has working phone booths?' 'It would appear so. Unless this is the Tardis, in which case I'm in serious trouble.
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A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: Ancient walls that sing the distant hours.
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