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To save myself, I destroyed another, and in doing so, I destroyed myself.


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My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.



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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.



So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?



I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.



Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.



I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."



How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?



Libraries are the pride of the city.

Libraries are the pride of the city.



Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.





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