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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
After walking the Royal Mile, we visit Edinburgh Castle. Overlooking the city from the grassy hilltop of the Castle Rock, the fortress itself looks as though it has been carved from the very stone upon which it sits. It is powerful yet elegant, lavish yet wholly inviting to anyone fortunate enough to find themselves standing at the castle gate. These are doors and walls and windows that have seen kings and queens, saints and sinners, voyagers from all corners of the world. And now us.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Death never plays by the rules. And I think that's why we, as mortal beings, fear it so much. Not because it's an inevitability, but because it's so unpredictable. We all know it's coming for us. We can just never be sure exactly when.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
If you were a real professional, you'd build a bridge and get over it.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
I haven’t even been here an hour and already, Edinburgh is the city of my dreams.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
In my stories, I wrote Malcolm as fire and gold and power, but here in my arms, Colin is cedar, silver, and summer air.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
I’ve seen too much of what the spotlight can do to a person to ever crave it for myself.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Love was more than just a fleeting desire, or a brief glimpse into a fairy tale, or a flash of playful flirtation in her beautiful hazel eyes. It was more than infatuation with a person’s best qualities, or reluctant acceptance of their less appealing traits. Real love meant loving the whole person, in every form, in every state, in every way. It was what transformed the ordinary monotony of everyday life into extraordinary moments of warmth and compassion and joy.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Michael had always thought that seeing ghosts was stressful. Those wandering spirits were nothing compared to whatever women had going through their heads at all odd hours of the day.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Michael had learned the hard way that nothing good came from interfering in the affairs of the afterlife.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
People tend to think that death is absolute, the one thing we can all be certain about, but that’s not the case. Death is complex. It’s powerful and timeless. The truth is, when it comes to death, nothing is impossible.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Showmen's Rest was truly something to behold. Throughout the entire yard, statues and carvings of elephants, clowns, and tight-rope walkers danced on the gray and white surfaces of tombstones and grave-markers. For the first time, Michael got the feeling that the men and women who'd been buried there were probably really happy with their final resting place. It was a touching tribute, one that honored their passion in life and that had been constructed out of love and respect.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
The point is when you're involved with the paranormal, don't be surprised when the paranormal gets involved with you.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
There is no such thing as perfect. But even if there was, I would pick you over perfection any day.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
They’d never scared him, really. When he was younger, he hadn’t known that there was anything different about them. By the time he was old enough to figure out that no one else could see them, he was also old enough to realize that being dead didn’t turn people into monsters. It just meant that most of them were lonely.
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By AnonymJacqueline E. Smith
Tonight, Dunadhar Castle is ours.
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