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I sighed and went back to filling out the application. The whole thing made me feel like my family didn’t think I had any right to want something of my own. It bothered me, but I knew I couldn’t hold it against them in the long run. We couldn’t afford the luxury of wants. We had needs.

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Kiera Cass
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: May 19
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Thinking
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Went
Bothered
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Feels
Knew
Filling
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Family
Application
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