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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.

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Ted Dekker
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 24
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Republic of Indonesia
Theodore R. Dekker
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God is obviouslt God, and Heaven obviously exsists, and every word spoken here on earth turns heads up there.
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And he wants you to keep that at the front of your mind? He wants you to stay focused on the darkest seasons of your life? How could that possibly do any good?' . . . He wants you to remember who delivered you from that time. That's the point of holding on to memory: delivery, not darkness.
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You'll have to learn to control your emotions. They're new, like achild's now, bursting with passion. Never let them fade, or part of you will die. But they cal also destroy you. Hold them dear, but don't let them take hold of you.
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Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Halleluiah amen, you are dismissed.
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I've already said you can't take anything from me that I wouldn't freely give you.
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She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair.
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Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates.
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I think a woman is born with the desire to hear she is beautiful.
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I BELIEVE!!!!!!! - Johnny
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