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Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on crack is not arguing persuasively.

Meg Cabot

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Meg Cabot
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 1
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And now Rocky is begging me to watch Dora the Explorer with him. I understand that millions of kids love Dora and have learned to read or whatever from her show. But I wouldn't mind if Dora fell off a cliff and took her little pals with her
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Well, hi, CeeCee, I said. Hi, Adam. Nice of you two to drop by. Ever heard of knocking? Oh, please, CeeCee said. Why? Because we might interrupt you and your precious Jesse? Jesse, upon hearing this, raised his eyebrows. Way up.
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I just want to let you know that when I look into my future, I see nothing but you.” That’s what Chaz had whispered in my ear at some point during the wedding last night. Then he’d whispered. “And you’re not even wearing Spanx.
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It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.
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The peace sign is with two fingers not one.
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There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.
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When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her.
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The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
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I was the kind of kid who couldn't really stop making up stories during class. I didn't do very well academically because I was always drawing these little doodles in the margins of my notebooks and I wasn't bringing home the best grades.
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The fact is, I love him. He's the boy I want and one day he'll be MINE.
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You'll blow up a helicopter, but you won't go out with me? What is wrong with you?
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But things were different now. I finally had my head -pun intended- on straight.
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