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I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It was all I asked for, and all I ever got.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Give
Rush
Ever
Zone
Nothing
Ghost
Giving
Tired
Men
Except
Comfort
Ghosts
Asked
Hollow
Outside
Chasing

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