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I'm not living in the shadows anymore. I want to walk in the sun. But I can't do that without you.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Anymore
Shadow
Sun
Walk
Walks
Living
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There was something about a man with a shovel, and the sweat on his neck might as well have been chocolate sauce. It wasn't fair. Brains and brawns should be two separate categories, not bundled into one irresistible package. She needed to pull herself together before she went after him with a spoon. But where to start?
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I hate to admit this, but some days hearing about other people's problems actually cheers me up.
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His pacing stopped. The mattress sighed as he sat on the edge. seconds ticked by before he spoke so softly she could barely hear. Sometimes I want to leave this town so bad I can taste it.
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Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people? I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.
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I love you, Meg. I want to marry you. I want to sleep with you every night, make love with you, have kids. I want to fight together and work together and—just be together. Now are you going to keep standing there, staring at me, or could you put me out of my misery and say you still love me, at least a little?
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A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
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Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.
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It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop 'em up on parade floats and march 'em through the middle of town.
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ignore the pain, play through it.
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I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe) I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan)
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Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.
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You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.
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If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap.
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I'm just very, very slow. I would not make it as a journalist, I've got to tell you. I sweat bullets over every sentence, and sometimes, you know, a day will pass and I've written one paragraph, and I've been at the computer for four hours.
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I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that. -Bobby Tom
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