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I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Maybe
Passion
Good
Clarinet
Violin
Sister
Played
Discipline

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When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.
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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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I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing message, until eventually that was gone too.
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My whole life has been one big broken promise.
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No one measures a life in weeks and days. You measure life in years and by the things that happen to you.
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