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Gabriel's voice can reach me anywhere. Even in a hurricane.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Connecticut
United States
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Gabriel
Hurricane
Hurricanes
Anywhere
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Voice

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You can try to please everyone and risk accomplishing nothing, or go for your dreams and risk pissing a few people off.
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I stare at her collarbone that's framed with lace, the hollow of her throat, her shoulders that rise with each rise with the weight of her next breath. We're fragile things. Our bones show through our skin. What would any god want with us?
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