\n35. I do not believe in hell. I believe in love, and therefore I believe there can exist an absence of love. Every representation of hell, in literature and lore, is an incomplete effort to describe the hell that is love’s absence.
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\n36. I believe in heaven, and have been there.
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\n37. I love pasta, with garlic, olive oil and parmesan cheese. I eat it almost every day.
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\n38. I had a boyfriend who hated garlic and onions. I missed garlic then. I don’t miss it anymore.
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\n39. I love to blow my nose.
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\n40. Lost in Space was once my favorite TV show.
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\n41. My life is more than half over. I could be wrong.
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\n42. I love to dance. With women, with men, with strangers…
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\n43. I do not know how to be an adult around children; I know how to be a child around adults.
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\n44. Sometimes I think I am really quite profoundly insane.
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\n45. I like to laugh. I laughed all the time when I was a baby. I laugh when I am nervous. I do not like to cry, so I almost never do.
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\n46. I started shaving my head right after Michael Stipe did. He still has not noticed.
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\n47. My back is hairy.
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\n48. I think most people do work that does not suit them, and that we spend most of our talents dealing with our boredom and dissatisfaction.
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\n49. I do not contribute to National Public Radio; I contribute to the Sierra Club and Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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