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01c. 2000 AD

I waited for my thighs and butt to uncramp. Of course, they didn't know the loosening rule. They were screaming things like *Are you crazy? Do you know we're thirty-five years old? Sit down and feed us a Twinkie!

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02c. 2000 AD

Daughter, that's life: messy, confusing, heartbreaking, but wonderful. All any of us can do is to try to be ur best, and to learn from our mistakes, as well as our victories

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03c. 2000 AD

The most important thing I came to tell you is that I want your oath that you will keep an open mind...about everything that may seem impossible.

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04c. 2000 AD

I'm here because she's here, and she belongs to me. ~Rephaim

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05c. 2000 AD

I am not a bat. ~Rephaim

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06c. 2000 AD

Darius held Stark back from launching himself at Neferet, and Duantia spoke quickly into the rising tension. 'Neferet, I think we can all agree that there are many unanswered questions about the tragedy that occured on our island today. Stark, we also understand the passion and rage you feel at the loss of your Priestess. it is a hard blow for a Warrior to-'Duantia's wisdom was cut off by the sound of Aretha Franklin belting out the chorus from "Respect," which was coming from the little Coach purse Aphrodite had slung over her shoulder.Oopsie, um, sorry 'bout that.' Aphrodite frantically unzipped her purse and dug for her iPhone.

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07c. 2000 AD

As a child of the Goddess, I know that when a being dies, the soul lives on. That dying is only a way of forgetting pain and suffering--that it is a pathway to travel back to the Goddess to be renewed and made strong-- to rest and to one day be ready to return to this realm, for it is spoken by the High Priestess...

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08c. 2000 AD

So, even in the midst of craziness and exhaustion and a life-changing chaos,I was filled with peace and the sweet knowledge that I was walking the path my Goddess wanted me on.

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09c. 2000 AD

At the last parent visitation night I'd sorta accidentally watched a majorly nightmarish scene between Aphrodite and her parents. Her dad's the mayor of Tulsa. Her mom might be Satan.

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10c. 2000 AD

There were worse things than dying, and those worse things happened to the people you left behind.

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11c. 2000 AD

I just have to do the right thing, and recently I've realized that sometimes the right thing seems crazy to those who don't want change.

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12c. 2000 AD

My cat is not insane, she's just a really good actress.

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13c. 2000 AD

I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character

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14c. 2000 AD

I've found that he way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character

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15c. 2000 AD

No, Kramisha, he's not black. He's a killer bird with evil for his Daddy.

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16c. 2000 AD

At that instant I became a blooming lotus flower. The water in which I flourished was a single teardrop from Nyx.

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17c. 2000 AD

Above me I feel your lovemy GoddessFull of the promise that through youmy GoddessAll things ripen and come to fruitionmy GoddessAs the diaphanous boundary between worldsmy GoddessIs illuminated by the white light of your signmy GoddessI ask that some small ray of your love descendmy GoddessFill this seaborne chalicemy GoddessSo that I might pour it over memy GoddessAnd take your gentle touch to the children of the night

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18c. 2000 AD

No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life.""Why?" he asked, opening both his eyes."Because sometimes it's either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you?

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19c. 2000 AD

I'm going to remember this, I told myself sternly. I'm going to remember how awful they made me feel today. So when I'm scared and alone and whatever else is going to happen to me starts to happen, I'm going to remember that nothing could be as bad as being stuck here. Nothing.

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20c. 2000 AD

Surrender is a powerful force.

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