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the past only had whatever power you gave it life was what you made it and if you wanted something different from what you had, it was up to you to make it happen.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Made
Gave
Something
Happen
Make
Whatever
Life
Happens
Past
Power
Wanted
Different

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And he left. I watched him walk out – he didn’t say good-bye, he didn’t even look back. It scared me, how easy it was for him to do that.
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