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Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks."I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

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It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt."We stay in the silence and the loneliness of ...more

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The person you became with her is worth being.

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You know, there's a word for big, strong men who attack women, and it's coward.

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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are stillswollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo aroun...more

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Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. ...more

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no wonder you left."Yeah," i say, rolling my eyes. " It was just because of the food.

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This is supposed to be a lighthearted session of symbolic document destruction, not a political debate.