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VIRGO: FLOWERS … Fields and fields of endless flowers. Running through those fields of flowers with him. Lying down in those fields of flowers with him. It’s just you, him, and endless fields of flowers.

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Our lives are inherently lonely. But to be born human is to be born with capacity to beat back this loneliness the way light conquers darkness. We love so that we may feel less lonely and more permanent.

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She turns to me and says, “I know how tough it is for you, but you have to pull through, for me if not for yourself.” 

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I miss you. So bad. And all I know is that you are actually a stranger to me, and that we are not supposed to fall for people we don’t know.

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After all, the state motto is “Smiling faces, beautiful places.”

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But presently, in this blissful instant, I am high on caffeine, imagining petting a dog. I will not waste this grace.

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Blow dry your body with a blow dryer.

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The first step to having a summer worthy of the femme Fitzgerald is to have endless free time because you never know when you will need to make an appearance at a backyard soiree or skip town for a three-day bender.