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The seeds are tiny, unborn things, and I resent them. They'll be planted and they'll grow into exactly what they're meant to be.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
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Exactly
Grow
Grows
Planted
Things
Unborn
Resent
Seeds
Tiny

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