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It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.
Sarah Addison Allen
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Sarah Addison Allen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 30
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Asheville
North Carolina
Katie Gallagher
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I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.
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She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of her thoughts. And she would keep watch, hoping to see him next door, while plotting ways to never have to see him again.
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Misfits need a place to get away, too. All that trying to fit in is exhausting.
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My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories
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He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.
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That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.
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It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.
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To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story.
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After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end.
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We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will?
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Men. You can't live with them, you can't shoot them.
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Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something.
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The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.
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