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Pride had kept her running when love had betrayed her.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pride
Running
Love
Betrayed
Kept

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I think this is the way love feels to people like you and me. Threatening and dangerous. We have to be in control, and love takes that away. People like us… We can't tolerate vulnerability. But despite our best efforts, sooner or later love seems to catch up with us. And then…And then we fall apart.
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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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ignore the pain, play through it.
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[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him.
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Before you lost your mind, how did you make a living? I was a hitman for the Mafia. Are you done crying yet? I wasn't crying! And I wish you were a hitman because, if I had money, I'd hire you right this minute to knock yourself off.
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Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat.
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This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.” “Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.
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She glared at him. You're doing it again. What? That thing that irritates me. Smiling? Yes. That.
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I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband
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Sugar Beth detected the movement and shot him a look that challenged not only his manhood but also his very right to exist on the planet.
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Life sure is easier when you're rich. And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part. How could I? she retorted. It's the only thing we have in common.
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