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BERNARDO BATIZ GASTON LEROUX CASSANDRA CLARE I was a lot more physical with her. Bumping her, not letting her go where she wanted to go. She didn... MEGAN OSMER NINA LACOUR She was a very devoted mother. She gave her life to her two kids. WALLDON DASILVA CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE Her eyes stung from crying for so long and having some tears dry on them. Her body was weak from the... ROXANNA ALIBA KAZIBWE RICHELLE MEAD EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI F. SCOTT FITZGERALD She had a huge bump, but she wasn't sure what hit her. It swelled up when she was out there. She did... GINA NOLAN RALPH FIENNES MIRANDA JULY She was confused. One of the questions she had was, 'Did someone go to jail for it?' It hurt to tell... CONNIE TRUJILLO The plan was to get it into Katie (Daly) so every time I saw her I chucked it at her. She was incred... KRISTA CLARK ANDREW TAN JALEIGH JOHNSON MARGARET MITCHELL LATIKA TEOTIA CASSANDRA CLARE I saw her when she was born. I carried her when she was born. I carried her when she died. I saw her... EDWIN REYES I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed... JORI NUNES I'm very proud of my love for Whitney Houston. She really changed my life. She made my life a be... NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN CASSANDRA CLARE We miss her. She had a happy life ... she was at a point in her life where she was comfortable with ... AMY URIELL But she loved her dad; she was a daddy's girl. She said her father had changed the life insurance an... MALINDA GONZALES MICHAEL ONDAATJE My mother was in vaudeville, but after she had her children, she quit working. DEAN STOCKWELL JOHN GREEN I once knew a girl that meant the world to me, she was just amazing. She's that one girl in my life ... MAHMOUD EL HALLAB STUART HILL JODI PICOULT JOAN RIVERS BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN NEIL GAIMAN She was nine when she came in, and we had her several months. Her home life was not the best. She wa... BRENDA WEBB When they looked for her, she was not outside. She tried to go back inside, but she could not. MARIA RODRIGUEZ She was very smart, a really sharp kid -- she could have done anything she put her mind to. We calle... CONNIE KYRIACOU She was basically resting. She would come in and out of her rest, open her eyes, look around and go ... BERNICE KING She knew nothing of the massacre that went on around her, but when she released the wail of a broken... ELIZABETH BOURGERET HOLLY BLACK CLIVE BARKER I kind of had a feeling she'd do that, I knew she always starts fast, and she just sprinted right at... EMILY PAPA When they came for her there were no tears. It was a silent adieu. She asked me to look after papa. ... DENISE EPSTEIN She smiled and he abruptly looked away. Was it really necessary for her to smile? It was bad enough ... JACQUELINE FRANCIS - THE JOURNAL MARLO THOMAS Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV Florence could feel a constriction in her chest…She had been foolish enough to hope that whatever ... SANA KRASIKOV STEPHEN CHBOSKY JOAN SUTHERLAND ERIN MCCARTHY Besides her family, the only other permanent part of her life was with her friends online. She could... STEVAN V. NIKOLIC STEVEN WRIGHT AYN RAND They tried to define her. Some called her perpetually enigmatic. Some said she was fucking crazy. I ... MISHI MCCOY COLLEEN HOOVER She took over your life in a good way. Towards the end of her life, I thought of her as a mother as ... SUSAN DUEHLMEIER AKSHAY VASU When Nandita expressed a desire to write about me, I couldn't stop her because she's my wife... OM PURI She was amazed. I was afraid of how she would take it, but it was a great moment to be able to help ... RICK ADAMS MILAN KUNDERA J.K. ROWLING THOMM QUACKENBUSH TOVE JANSSON I was very excited for Melissa Fuller. She's been working really hard. I haven't put her in the 100 ... JULIE WILLIS BRYAN WHITE STEPHEN CHBOSKY I knew she had the ability. What is commendable on her part was that she did everything -- she broug... KRISTEN PETERSON DIANE VON FURSTENBERG One time she went through a window to go get me help. She got glass stuck in her head. But luckily s... GINNY DEGROFF CHRISTOPHER MOORE CHILI DAVIS That was at the State Meet and we just told her to do what she had to do to win the race. She had ru... DAVE FEDERICO CRYSTAL EVANS Somehow, when she was 13, I convinced her parents to let us take her on the road trips. All the rest... DICK CATRI She loved to go but by the end of the first quarter, she was always asleep in her wagon. DIANE BIEGA I know in my mind that she went right up to heaven. I know she forgave her mother. She knows her mot... JENNIFER CZAJKA My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptis... CURTIS JACKSON She could count. She knew her colors. She was very, very smart. She was very well-behaved, very lovi... ANGELA BROADHEAD DANIELLE STEEL The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, he... PHILLIP NOYCE GASTON LEROUX She felt she was ready to go. Her caregiver, she told her she loved her and said to tell everyone el... JAMES ROGERS LONI ANDERSON
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