You know, lieutenant, you wear your weapon the way other women wear pearls." "It's not a fashion accessory.
My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.
There it was, Eve supposed. There was the answer to why people got tangled up with people. Because when you were down, when you were wallowing, someone you mattered to would ask if you were okay.
The man's got more money than God, and he sends you a bag of coffee?
I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
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