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To him the younger women, contemporaries of the bride, all sounded as if they were breathing helium.
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150951
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Nicole knows that Deirdre is winding up for the weekly pitch, practicing the line in her mind.
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1509105
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Two types coexist- the sanguine/
and exsanguinated./
My skin is cool/
and pale as moonlight
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150900
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She didn't want to let go of the crumpled tissue she had been holding all this time, as it is wrong to litter, but she finally did, and felt free. Released. Bad. Naughty. Almost orgasmic.
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150963
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Chant the ice cream mantra.
Prance the do dah day ballet.
Trot the t-bone tango two-step.
Dance the livelong day away.
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150964
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. . . he wants to organize society into its most efficient configuration with everyone thinking alike and willingly cooperating. Only then, he believes, can humanity reach its full potential.
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150998
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They articulate my failings as a human being./
They articulate my greater rage at human beings//
here for such a short time and at the precipice already
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150921
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Jill's number was flashing on Carol's caller ID. Jill, the baby sister she had practically raised after their mother died of a stroke when Carol was 12. It had been months since they'd talked. Jill had been avoiding Carol because Jill's idiot husband Mark…
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150900
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Alysia and Megumi made their magic circles, but they stopped short when they saw a young man at the end of the street. Their eyes trembled and their feet moved them back without thought.
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150942
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Downton Abbey and The Beverly Hillbillies. They're practically the same show.
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150901
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Is any person is worthy of the kind of ache?
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150998
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we name invasive species,
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150910
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["LIKE SAND THROUGH THE HOURGLASS ... SO ... ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!"]
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150984
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—Well, are you having an affair with Jack Mahler?
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150994
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William Shakespeare (a surname that meant "wanker" back in the day, by the way)
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150822
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I am a human resource, batteries not included
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150822
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These little things, they are the hopes We were waiting for, they are everywhere. I made this one just for you. Call them feathers. Call them roses. You'll always See them if you need them. These Little things carry the good news…
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150844
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Originally designed for para-morticians and pre-professional undertakers, the Protocol has now been certified and approved for over-the-counter purchase and is completely safe (check local regulations for sales to minors: not approved for veterinary use).
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150800
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My tongue kept me from fitting in with the latinos. I understood little Spanish and spoke even less. No one really believed I was Mexican, and they kept me at a distance.
Or maybe I kept them at a distance. Living with
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150812
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May 1890 Rifle, COLORADO Only pressure can change one thing into another. In terms of time, the…
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150832
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They watched the seven o'clock news.
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150831
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What follows is one of those moments, though to some people, it would seem a fantasy, perhaps a "Wizard of Oz" era tale.
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150853
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Most times a vertical word balloon floats before him.
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15081510
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The Plaza had a chess-board floor, green wood booths, and the lights stayed up. I might be combining a memory of Fitzie's in Binghamton. The Plaza felt like a preppy soda fountain with beer.
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150851
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She wasn't even trying to live.
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150721
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Winter makes me reconsider.
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150766
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Divine guidance. That's why Dad used a blowtorch to set the jug on fire, its contents the “Devil's elixir.”
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150721
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...I am taut...my ankles ache...
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