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Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.

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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
Author
Novelist
the United States of America
Desire
Enough
Thing
Shape
Long
Shapes
Hold
Maybe
Secret
Lying

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And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentors what he wants so that the hurting will stop. And when there is no torturer to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos.
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A man can reach into anything and turn it to his cause. It's not want, or desire, just certainty. Only be assured that whatever you reach into will reach into you in turn.
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When you take a woman away from her man, what you get is a woman who can be taken away from her man.
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Take a rest and the world catches up with you. Lesson in life--keep moving.
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