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You evah hear of a magic screw?' I cough back a laugh. 'No. No, sir.
Libba Bray
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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
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Texas
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Reminds us that greatness lies even in the smallest of moments, in the humblest of hearts, and we shall, each of us, be called to greatness. Whether we shall rise to meet it or let it slip away is the challenge put before us all.
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She bestowed the blessing of a wild girl's lips.
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Agent Jones held Sinjin’s face in his hands. “I’m going to make balloon animals. People need balloon animals.” “How right you are, strange delusional man,” Sinjin said.
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But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on.
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Thou shalt not steal. I seem to recall that being one of God’s I’d rather you didn’t lest I have to smite you into ash commandments.
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