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Black Swans

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Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark (Magnolia Parks Universe, #5)

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The Trouble With Being Born

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“If anyone would understand loneliness, the moon would.”
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“it seemed much more likely to scald and burn from sex and rage instead.”
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“She'd given love a chance; now she wanted simply to fill the empty spaces. Ease the loneliness while walling off her heart.”
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“But then, as I read somewhere recently, narcissists always hurt the one they love the most.”
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