They were everything they ought to be and nothing else.
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Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do.
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The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she’d snap and crack the world in two.
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But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world. Even tho...
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It exhasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to her desire.
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She was not vain enough to work her will against the world. But she could use the things the world had given her.
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Nothing was nothing else. Nothing was anything it shouldn’t be.
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I love her more than just a little. I think it's because we're both somewhat broken, in our own odd ways. More importantly, we're both aware of it.
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She shelled the nuts and toasted them, jiggling them about in the pan. She sprinkled them with salt and ate them each by each. Some were bitter. Some ...
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I shook again, tasted plum, and suddenly the words were pouring out of me."She said I sang before I spoke. She said when I was just a baby she had the...
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There's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle until the water clears otherwise it will taste sour. (paraphrased)
