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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
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Texas
United States
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You are truly Satan's sequined spawn.
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I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.
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Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art.
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There’s a moment of profound sadness that can be dispelled only by summoning my anger.
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There is no greater power on this earth than story.
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One can never go back. One always has to move forward.
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And just as I begin to believe that all is well, there is some subtle change in the light. The room takes its true shape. I fight to go back to that blissful ignorance, but it is too late. The dull pain of truth weights my soul, pulling it under. I am left hopelessly awake.
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He took comfort in the neon signs, the wild strands of jazz creeping out of clubs whenever happy swells of people pushed through the doors in their finery.
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They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.
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Sometimes I see things, I think. Out of the corner of my eye, taunting me, and then it’s gone. And dreams. Such horrible dreams. What if something terrible happened to me? What if I am damaged? The rain is a cool kiss on my sleeve as I link my arm with hers. We’re all damaged somehow.
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Goodbye, I whisper at last, when it no longer matters and there is no one to hear it but the window.
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Everything is randomly connected.
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Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.
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Her eyes take on that suspicious, wounded look girls get when they know they've fallen off the top rung of friendship and someone else has passed them, but they don't know when or how the change took place.
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I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin.
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She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop.
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What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.
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...I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I'm totally ready to handle the big stuff.
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Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.
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We don't look at each other anymore. Not really. Not since I pulled him from that opium den. Now when I look at him, I see the addict. And when he looks at me, he sees what he would rather not remember. I wish I could be his adored little girl again, sitting at his side.
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