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Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Play
Till
Right
Shadow
Exactly
Bits
Dark
Light
Everything
Without
Notice

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Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.
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It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband.
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Memphis found his smile. 'You know me, sir. I don't wear worry.
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Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us.
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