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681ded4
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Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.
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trying
life
dark-companion
games
fairness
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62030d2
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Sometimes you suffer for the things that are important to you.
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priorities
importance
suffer
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Marta Acosta |
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6d760bd
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Who are we without our memories?
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memories
life
truth
la-vie
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Marta Acosta |
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810e8e5
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It really turns me on when you talk geek.
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Marta Acosta |
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8d6cc23
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It's a mystery to me why extraordinary young women insist that they're normal.
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Marta Acosta |
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2c65ed2
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Slim and neatly groomed, he looked like a really sexy mathematician unaware that he was a prime number. I wanted to unbutton his shirt, muss his hair, and exclaim, "Good heavens, Professor Dracula, you're stunning!"
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Marta Acosta |
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I'm driving so it's your job to make small talk." "Oh." "Not that small." He waved at the security guard as we left the club. "Make medium talk."
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Marta Acosta |
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He was muttering now and I could barely make out his words. "I'm going to die without ever feeling a woman's tits." "Go ahead," I said. It was about time I used the power of my chichis for good and not for evil."
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Marta Acosta |
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You know, I've always hated those stories about princes and princesses with some extraordinary ability, special because they're born special.' 'Like me?' He smiled wickedly, making me laugh a little. 'I didn't see how those were happy stories, because life has given princes and princesses unearned advantages. I'd rather believe that anyone can accomplish remarkable things when she really tries. Maybe her accomplishments will never be re..
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special-snowflakes
miracles
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Marta Acosta |
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59307d8
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I said his name softly to myself. Lucky. Lucian Radcliffe. His name must come from the Latin lucianus, meaning light, and that's what he was, golden and bright. I didn't care what Jack's name meant. Probably Jackass.
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Marta Acosta |
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2307044
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I used a light hand with my makeup because I wanted to look good without looking like a good time.
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Marta Acosta |
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5477550
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I've created a monster" "No you just released one."
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Marta Acosta |
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ec2ab6b
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Tell me something in your native woodland language.
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Marta Acosta |
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778564d
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Anyone can ride a bike," Jack said. "Even an elf." The corner of his mouth went up in amusement. "She can ramble through the grove, her natural habitat, and visit her animal subjects."
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Marta Acosta |
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The potted plant could have been knocked over intentionally or accidentally, or maybe one of the animals that lived here broke it somehow. I thought of the impossibilities and improbabilities. Jack would say that elves had broken it when they came to take me back to the wood.
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Marta Acosta |
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5be7492
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I took one look at his composed face and know he doesn't understand, because if he did understand, he would be weeping, too, for this boy who loved a world that never loved him.
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love
sad
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Marta Acosta |
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206f56a
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Lily, the girl who'd talked back to the jock, said, "I want to get as far away from my parents as possible. We're like potassium and water." The other kids laughed and I said, "Huh?" "If potassium comes into contact with water, it instantly combusts," Lily said slowly so if she was talking to a child."
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science
nerd-joke
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Marta Acosta |
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2f07f67
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One day blurs into the next, one week is indistinguishable from another. Their existence consists of waiting for the weekend, then waiting for retirement, and then waiting for death.
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Marta Acosta |
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Jane, this young man is Jacob, my oldest son. It's no secret that a headmistress's biggest challenge is her family. Jacob, say hello to Jane." "Hello to Jane," he parroted, pulling out the pockets of his shorts in a silly curtsey. I couldn't decide if it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen, or the funniest, so I stared back at him."
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stupid-funny
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Marta Acosta |
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d8a4f95
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A very ladylike bosom," she said, approvingly. "There's nothing there," I complained. The clerk grinned. "I have been fitting bras for twenty-five years and no one ever thinks her breasts are good enough," she said. "You'll save yourself a
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funny
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Marta Acosta |
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e31a6af
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And I know what you are. You're a heartless, soulless waste of human life. When I'm older, I'll make sure that your license is revoked.
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Marta Acosta |
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762c3c7
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Inside every man is a teenage boy, and we're -all- crazy in love with Shulky.
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Marta Acosta |
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4b7c8da
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But how do you tell someone your genius ex-boyfriend invented microscopic nanobots to retrieve wayward sperm? You don't.
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Marta Acosta |
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I believe you're in denial about her situation. Hasn't she been asked to step away from those greater issues and resolve problems that are smaller in scope, like overturned vehicles and commuter tie-ups?" I hated his passive-aggressive technique, and I wasn't going to say that, yes, Shulky had been demoted to a superstrong meter maid. Fake smile. "Shulky is a proud resident of New York and is delighted to be able to assist in matters great ..
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