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Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

Kate Morton

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
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Berri
South Australia
Australia
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Happiness
Given
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Life

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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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That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.
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Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.
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But in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while remind folks it exists.
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She doesn't know I cry for the changing times. That just as I reread favourite books, some small part of me hoping for a different ending, I find myself hoping against hope that the war will never come. That this time, somehow, it will leave us be.
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I sound contemptuous, but I am not. I am interested--intrigued even--by the way time erases real lives, leaving only vague imprints. Blood and spirit fade away so that only names and dates remain.
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. . . companions were to be valued, wherever one found them.
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Curiosity might have killed the cat, but little girls usually fared much better.
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I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion.
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The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear.
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I love the structural part of the writing process.
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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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You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.
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Reluctance to begin is quick to befriend procrastination. . . .
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