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01Undated

She tasted of coffee and day old poetry.

R. Y.S. Perez / quote

02Undated

I wanted to say "don't leave me," but I'm so tired of begging people to stay.

R. Y.S. Perez / quote

03Undated

...the hardest word to swallow is almost.

R. Y.S. Perez / quote

04Undated

I want to love like my grandmother, who loved a woman like Joseph loved Mary. Someone so imperfect, so human, brave enough to love someone who already knows God.

R. Y.S. Perez / quote

05Undated

I have this idea that writing is all about divergent thinking colliding with a hurricane of emotions.

R. Y.S. Perez / quote