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Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Live
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Heart
Trying
Generosity
Generous
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wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.
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There you are, he said when she bobbed up. I was getting worried. What are you doing? Waiting till you're ready to drown. He smiled and eased back down on the seat. And then I'm going to save your life. Dan did it for Phoebe and I'm going to do it for you. Dan didn't try to murder her first! she screamed. I go the extra mil
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I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband
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Old radicals never changed. They just got law degrees and updated their bag of tricks.
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I don't love you anymore, she whispered. I don't love you at all. His throat closed. It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.
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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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Make-up? What happened? You look almost female. Thanks. You look almost straight.
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I don't care how much evidence the state presented. I've never for one moment believed he murdered that waitress.
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