I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.

Joan Didion
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  1. We loved with a love that was more than love.

  2. From childhood's hour I have not been. As others were, I have not seen. As others saw, I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.

  3. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me....

  4. The best things in life make you sweaty.

  5. And all I loved, I loved alone.

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