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> [She'd assumed she'd be married and have kids by this age, that she would be grooming her own daughter for this, as her friends were doing. She wanted it so much she would dream about it sometimes, and then she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/she-d-assumed-she-d-be-married-and-have-kids-by-this-age-that-she/)

[Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/)

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> [“Imagine all of L.A. filled with windup men wandering empty-headed and waiting for orders and directions and purpose. That’s L.A. in a nutshell. A city of driven creatures, but no one is a hundred percent sure what they’re driven toward.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-men-wandering-empty-headed-and/)

[Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/)

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