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There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.
Mary Balogh
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Mary Balogh
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 24
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Was memory always as much of a burden as it could sometimes be a blessing.
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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 do beg you to have some regard for my pride. A million years? I assure you I would stop asking after the first thousand.
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Fear is a powerful beast, if it is allowed the mastery.
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The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.
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And he knew at that moment that love world never die, that it would never fade away altogether. The time might come when he would meet and marry someone else. He might even be reasonably happy. But there would always be a deep precious place in his heart that belonged to his first real love.
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