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I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.Maureen Johnson
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Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. it's a snake with no venom.Maureen Johnson
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Hey! Jack the Wanker! Over here! I want your autograph!Maureen Johnson
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People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened.Maureen Johnson
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I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death.Maureen Johnson
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It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee.Maureen Johnson
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Did you ask people to crime scenes on dates?Maureen Johnson
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Sometimes people graduate but they don't leave. They hang around for years, for no reason. I would think of ghosts like that, I decided.Maureen Johnson
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Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything."Callum: "You want me to walk up to her and say, 'Are you a ghost?'" Boo: "I do that." Callum: "I love it when you get it wrong.Maureen Johnson
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Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with... It can be confusing and weird and awkward, but sometimes it just makes you melt and forget everything that is going on.Maureen Johnson
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With that, I splashed some water on my face, fixed on a smile, and stepped out. I would find Jerome. I would make him explain to me what I was missing. We would laugh, then we would kiss with tongue, and all would be well.Maureen Johnson