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We can’t always tell the whole story about ourselves.


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I knew every raindrop by its name.

I knew every raindrop by its name.



All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.

All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.



The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.

The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.



Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.

Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.



I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.



I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening.

I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening.



This life is but the childhood of our immortality.

This life is but the childhood of our immortality.



I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.



We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that

We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that



After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.

After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.





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If sound doctrine is given up, the real Gospel of redemption by the blood of the Son of God is denied, worldliness follows.

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I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.

I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me.



Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.



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