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Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Even
Earn
Good
Divorce
Affection
Glad
Parts
Jerks
Gone
Heartfelt
Stills
Jerk
Still
Mourn

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Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.
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Throwing herself into learning helped Miri ignore the painful chill of solitude around her.
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Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.
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The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper.
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I'm going to find whoever is responsible for me sleeping out side with outside without pillows and kick them in the shins!-Enna
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I always knew it was ill-fated, but he truly believed I would be his bride. I guess I'd never realized that before. He had taken my mucker hand and looked at my mottled face and believed we would wed. And he hadn't seemed sorry. In fact, he'd swooped me up in a corridor and kissed me. That set me to crying.
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She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound
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Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.
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Truth is when your mind and your gut agree.
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Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue.
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... and with my last thought I felt some real sympathy for those poor chickens.
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There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.
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