She could not help but feel that paying money to take ownership of a living organism was inappropriate.

“He was already thirty, but yet to have a sense of himself as an adult. It just …”

“Of course you keep telling yourself there's something to be learned from everyt…”

“I had been given a wonderful opportunity to be a novelist — a chance you just d…”

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