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We see only the results which a man's choices make out of his raw material . . . when his body dies all that will fall off him, and the real central man, the thing that chose, that made the best or the worst out of this material, will stand naked. All sorts of things…
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9722
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There are so many things I'm missing; I've become so forgetful in the year since you've been gone.
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108920
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“What was that about?” Keiko asked as she gingerly separated the lily from the wrapping and the baby's breath and examined the flower. Keiko unbound the lily and noticed that the stem seemed strong. The flower no longer needed the support of the wire, and
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Pull the thread and the dancing starts, the voices jeering at your bralessness, all the men wanting you anyway, the run to the plasma bank to get tested despite your years of abstinence, your brother rooting for you to hit rock bottom, the husband you…
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She died in a car crash yesterday. She was driving down Hawthorne, past the strip mall with the Benihana’s, when her ’05 Corolla unaccountably careened over the center meridian and into oncoming traffic.
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43411
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This is the story of Sarah and the love of her life.
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Her mouth was sour; her forehead was still damp with perspiration. She leaned against the bathroom wall and noted her complexion had gone pale. She wanted to slide down the wall and rest until she felt steadier, but…
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86021
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It began not so innocently
with voyeuristic tendencies.
the sound of concrete
and confetti in the night.
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105700
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Damien, my boyfriend, talks me back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night, he doesn't judge me for being afraid of the dark, or being lost at sea, he simply listens to me breathlessly explaining why I'm awake— again— at 3:32 in the…
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Tonight was no remarkable night. The sun rose and set without question, children’s hearts broke with truth, around the world millions of people lost someone they cared about, millions people fell in love. It was an average day—it was unremarkable. It w
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6496
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Leon has been buying abandoned storage units. I name them as they come in: The homeless unit; the punk rock/junkie unit; the Mexican unit; the PFLAG unit. They are what I have come to call “The tomb of uncompleted expectations.”
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“Well, aren’t you the cutest thing?”
Shelly looked around for the source of the line and one of the better looking bar flies met her gaze. He wore a faded t-shirt with a swoosh graphic that read ‘Just Do Me‘. True to its mystical nature, her indefatigabl
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79500
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I look at her
really look
we both know her time is fading
"I'm just sad that you won't be there."
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“Sure.” he said, the whiskey dripping down his stubbly chin.
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76900
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The city was spread before me in a pattern of dancing lights, alternately hidden and revealed by the blowing snow. At this distance, it was almost beautiful. Of course, the beauty was an illusion, obvious only at a distance. If I stood here until dawn, I’
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