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If You Want A Thing--truly Want It, Want It So Badly That You Need It As You Need Air To Breathe, Then Unless You Die, You Will Have It. Why Not? It Has You. There Is No Escape. What A Cruel And Terrible Thing Escape Would Be If Escape Were Possible

-Octavia Butler

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If You Want A Thing--truly Want It,

Octavia Butler

If You Want A Thing--truly Want It, Want It So Badly That You Need It As You Need Air To Breathe, Then Unless You Die, You Will Have It. Why Not? It Has You. There Is No Escape. What A Cruel And Terrible Thing Escape Would Be If Escape Were Possible

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