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But if one had everything one could ever need or want, what was left to dream of?
Mary Balogh
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Mary Balogh
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
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I have always been a spectator of life, you know, never a participant. Never. But now I am. Today I am, and I an awed and deliriously happy. This is the adventure I asked for, the adventure I am having I will be forever grateful to you.
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Was memory always as much of a burden as it could sometimes be a blessing.
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I have read somewhere that we often spend a lifetime searching for what we already have.
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Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being. No one was shallow. Not really.
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I would be consumed by you,' she said, and blinked her eyes furiously when she felt them fill with tears. 'You would sap all the energy and all the joy from me. You would put out all the fire of my vitality.' 'Give me a chance to fan the flames of that fire,' he said, 'and to nurture your joy.
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Suddenly, and for the first time, he was at the center of his own life, living it and loving it.
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