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Hide the face. Chase dirt with an ugly stick. That sinking sensation, a sponge dive. Brush off scum on some well scrubbed mission. It's slick to admit, motherwit and grit ain't groceries.
-Harryette Mullen
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Why did the earth glow red? Was there meaning in the way the night seemed to move? Illusion or truth? How did they wiggle through wire? Could they fly, could they pass through rock like ghosts? Was it true they didn't value human life? -Tim O'Brien
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I am tired of the slow life
The sickening of friends
Delusional that they are alone
In their affection
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She is wrong to be touching your leg
Wrong to be pulling you into corners and speaking softly
See how she clutches her phone?
How she grumbles when I interfere
The blood is poisoned
Cruelty repeats itself
Affection is a sign of
Uncertainty
There can be love but there can also be fear
And when the two mingle
You run
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We can't all be wedding cake
-Spoon