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Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.

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Lauren Myracle
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
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Brevard
North Carolina
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I did a lot of research on a couple different things. One was, how do people handle hating themselves and hating others? And hatred is a secondary emotion, I think it always springs from something else ... usually fear, that's probably what it is. So I looked a lot at that.
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Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.
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I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there's other times we say, You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part.
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You shоuld eat а waffle! Yоu саn't bе sad іf уоu eat а waffle!
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Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.
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Christmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind.
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Is he a sophomore? Lydia says. Please tell me he's in our grade. I don't know, I say. But weren't you there when he came to the office? Peyton says. The secretary didn't get out her bullhorn and announce what grade he's in. She just took him to meet Headmaster Perkins.
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I'm sorry, he said again, and this time he took those words and owned them.
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Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'?
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Every girl on the planet was familiar to one-last-time e-mail checks.
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Even so, I was proud of myself for taking action at all. I didn't hide or run away or pretend the ugliness didn't happen. I stood up and said something that was true. I said it out loud, and by doing so, I was standing up for lots of people, not just me.
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Curse false-hand-holding boys!
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One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life
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Yes, that man acted ugly, she told us in plain English. But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
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Three hot chicks for three hot chicks. THEY'RE NOT CHICKS! THEY'RE DUCKS!
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You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!
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I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself.
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We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.
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There's something strange about this big pink bunny.
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I'm a southern girl, and I grew up with this slightly schizophrenic upbringing where I bounced back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, and a tiny mountain town called Brevard, North Carolina. My parents were divorced, and my two lives were very different because of socioeconomic reasons.
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