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Kim Addonizio
Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio is an American poet known for her unique poetic style and profound social commentary. Her works often delve into personal experiences, issues of female identity, and social concerns, earning her both readers' and critics' admiration. more

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“Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors, rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature.”

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Book:The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology
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“You're in a rather odd mood today." I'm soaking wet, Eloise." No need to snap at me about it, I didn't force you to walk across town in the rain." It wasn't raining when I left,". There was something about a sibling that brought out the eight-year-old in a body. I'm sure the sky was gray," Clearly, she had a bit of the eight-year-old in her as well.”

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Author:Julia Quinn
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“You asked me once if I would still love you when your lips were puckered with age and your eyes were faded. I can assure you that I will still love you when I have only the strength (and the scant teeth) left to gum those puckered lips. I shall love you when your bones are sharp enough to pierce my fragile flesh. I shall love you when the light in my own eyes fades for good and yours is the last sweet face I see. Because I am and ever shall be.”

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Author:Teresa Medeiros
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