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We all do things we desperately wish we could undo. Those regrets just become part of who we are, along with everything else. To spend time trying to change that, well, it's like chasing clouds.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Well
Along
Trying
Wish
Undo
Things
Else
Regrets
Time
Become
Desperately
Like
Part
Chasing
Change
Clouds
Wells
Regret
Everything
Spend

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