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War, they say, is just business conducted through other means.

— William Barton When We Were Real (1999)

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Human society begins with what nature makes male and female mammals want from each other.

When We Were Real (1999)

Seduction’s so easy when its target has the same object in mind.

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A woman’s laughter can charm a man out of his senses.

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There’s always a moment of transition for you, that one moment when you turn from outsider to in, when you leave your past behind and suddenly mesh with the new life you’ve joined.

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They say you can’t really remember pain, remembering only the fact of it, not the precise way it feel. Maybe the same thing’s true of happiness.

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