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one Heartbreak is for suckers. Smart people protected their hearts, and I wasn’t stupid. Far from ..
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ONCE UPON A TIME, in a country far away, there was a town, and in the town there was a chicken, and he was a very ..
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1 Sleeping’s my superpower. I sleep through screaming alarms, neighbors, and babies. Thirty-four ..
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We graduated sixth grade! What a lovely ceremony! Let’s take a group photo. DIPLOMA Fernando, give ..
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Several Years Earlier When Aisha Ghatak was just very small, her father would tell her the most fantastic ..
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