There seemed no other conclusion.

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Once she’d spoken the words “I don’t want to be married any more,” there seemed no other conclusion. She couldn’t suck the words back.

Russian tanks, villages on fire, time to flee.

Russian tanks on the move, villages on fire, bridges detonated, near panic, time to flee.

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Me, I prefer Shakespeare.

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Claire Hathaway was not that much older than I was but she taught Shakespeare. 

“Let me get this straight. You need to get an A in my course because you are applying to medical school?”

Bartender says a lady 

has had one too many.

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“Wooh, Carol, look at what just came in to take you home,” the bartender called out. Carol looked around, eyes glassy, and saw me. “Hey,” she said.

I’ve no idea who I was to him. 

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Memories are the same as dreams. Can you tell the difference? In the end there’s only a movie.