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By acknowledging and working with these limitations, you can leverage them into strengths, much like the woman in the quote is doing.",{"id":32,"quote_text":33,"author_id":5,"source_id":34,"has_image":26,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},339405,"Wants are never satiated. In fulfilling one desire, we neglect another.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[38],{"id":39,"tag":40},2026204,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":34,"has_image":26,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},338978,"She mussed her red hair with her fingers and flashed a whimsical grin. “We’ve all heard stories about her. 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Her torn shirt hung loose, a breast carelessly exposed, and her breeches were taut against the lean muscles of her legs. She treaded through the waves, never swaying in the current, until she stood before him, face concealed in shadow. “You swim faster with one arm than I with two,” she said.Nathan laughed. “You frightened me.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[113,116,119],{"id":114,"tag":115},2023721,{"id":99,"tag_name":100},{"id":117,"tag":118},2023723,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"id":120,"tag":121},2023722,{"id":17,"tag_name":18},{"id":123,"quote_text":124,"author_id":5,"source_id":34,"has_image":26,"author":125,"source":126,"quote_tag":127,"commentary":9},338949,"Right,” Thatcher said, “let’s have a look at her.”Katherine hesitated. 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