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" I wasn't like most girls. "

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Believe In Yourself

" What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. "

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" Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks. "

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Creative People

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