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There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing.

Kim Harrison

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
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Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Everything
Entire
Rush
Nothing
Blind
Sensations
Way
Tough
Brutal
Life
Cost
Search
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Ways
Clever
Chased
Existence
False
Wash
Situation
Realized
Sensation
Choices
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